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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Karnak (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Karnak. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Karnak is located in Sutter County.

To see how the shape of California's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sutter County: Butte, Colusa, Placer, Sacramento, Yolo & Yuba.

Below are the counties that are near Karnak. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Karnak:

  • Sutter County     (The home county of Karnak)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Karnak, with the one closest to Karnak listed first.
    • Robbins
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Nicolas
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Nicolaus
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Marcuse ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marcuse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
      • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
    • Rio Oso
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bogue
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
      • Bogue is located in Sutter County
    • South Yuba City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Yuba City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
      • South Yuba City is located in Sutter County
    • Yuba City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Tierra Buena
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tierra Buena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Buena
      • Tierra Buena is located in Sutter County
    • Sutter
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Tarke
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
      • Tarke is located in Sutter County
    • Meridian
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Karnak, with the one closest to Karnak listed first.
    • Grimes
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Harrington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
      • Harrington is located in Colusa County
    • College City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Arbuckle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Genevra
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Genevra have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genevra
      • Genevra is located in Colusa County
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Karnak, with the one closest to Karnak listed first.
    • Lakeridge Oaks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeridge Oaks
      • Lakeridge Oaks is located in El Dorado County
    • Marina Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marina Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marina Village
      • Marina Village is located in El Dorado County
    • Summit Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village
      • Summit Village is located in El Dorado County
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Karnak, with the one closest to Karnak listed first.
    • Riego
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riego have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riego
      • Riego is located in Placer County
    • Whitney ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
      • Whitney is located in Placer County
    • Lincoln
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Roseville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Clayton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clayton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
      • Clayton is located in Placer County
    • Sheridan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rocklin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Loomis
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Virginiatown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginiatown
      • Virginiatown is located in Placer County
    • Granite Bay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Penryn
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Newcastle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Ophir
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
      • Ophir is located in Placer County
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Karnak, with the one closest to Karnak listed first.
    • Elverta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Rio Linda
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Antelope
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Sabre City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sabre City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabre City
      • Sabre City is located in Sacramento County
    • Ben Ali
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Ali
      • Ben Ali is located in Sacramento County
    • North Highlands
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sacramento
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Foothill Farms
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foothill Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Farms
      • Foothill Farms is located in Sacramento County
    • Town and Country Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town and Country Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town and Country Village
      • Town and Country Village is located in Sacramento County
    • Sutterville ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sutterville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutterville
      • Sutterville is located in Sacramento County
    • Citrus Heights
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Arden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
      • Arden is located in Sacramento County
    • Carmichael
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Solano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Karnak, with the one closest to Karnak listed first.
    • Dixon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Dixon is located in Solano County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,440 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <1>
    • Allendale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
      • Allendale is located in Solano County
    • Hartley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
      • Hartley is located in Solano County
  • Yolo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Karnak, with the one closest to Karnak listed first.
    • Knights Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Yolo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Zamora
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Bryte
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Swingle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swingle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
      • Swingle is located in Yolo County
    • Broderick
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • West Sacramento
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Plainfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
      • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
    • El Macero
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Davis
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Madison
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Dunnigan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Karnak, with the one closest to Karnak listed first.
    • Plumas Landing ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Landing
      • Plumas Landing is located in Yuba County
    • Wheatland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Ostrom ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrom
      • Ostrom is located in Yuba County
    • Alicia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
      • Alicia is located in Yuba County
    • Olivehurst
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Linda
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Marysville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Binney Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
      • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
    • Dantoni
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantoni
      • Dantoni is located in Yuba County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Karnak, see our County-by-County Page for Karnak.

Newspapers Published in Karnak ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Karnak.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Karnak, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Karnak.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Karnak:

Cemeteries Near Karnak ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Karnak.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Karnak covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Karnak, with the one closest to Karnak listed first.

  • Knights Landing Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
  • Marys Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marys Cemetery
  • Nicolaus Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nicolaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nicolaus Cemetery
  • Woodland City Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
  • Monument Hill Memorial Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunset Lawn Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Lawn Cemetery
  • Davis Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
  • Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery
  • City Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City Cemetery
  • Masonic Lawn Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (52 more) ...
    • Sacramento City Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sacramento City Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Sacramento.
      • The Sacramento City Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Sacramento Historic City Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacramento City Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #184890 <5>
    • St. Josephs Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • East Lawn Memorial Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<6>

While we didn't find Karnak in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Karnak.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Karnak, with the one closest to Karnak listed first.

  • Knights Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Yolo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Nicolas
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Mullen ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mullen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullen
    • Mullen is located in Yolo County
  • Marcuse ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marcuse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
    • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
  • Merritt
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merritt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
    • Merritt is located in Yolo County
  • Plainfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
    • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
  • Swingle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swingle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
    • Swingle is located in Yolo County
  • Webster
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Webster have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
    • Webster is located in Yolo County
  • Sacramento
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Antelope
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Cranmore
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranmore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmore
      • Cranmore is located in Sutter County
    • Davis
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Karnak. See our List of 1890's Communities around Karnak.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Karnak. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sutter County: www.co.sutter.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Karnak) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Karnak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7849, Longitude: -121.6555       In this case, the coordinates for Karnak have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<6>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Karnak, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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