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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Keno. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Keno to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Keno, please Contact Us.

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 Keno (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 Keno. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Keno is historic, it would have been located within present day Trinity 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 Trinity County: Humboldt, Mendocino, Shasta, Siskiyou & Tehama.

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

  • Trinity County     (The home county of Keno)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keno, with the one closest to Keno listed first.
    • Deadwood ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Deadwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood
      • Deadwood is located in Trinity County
    • Lewiston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Minersville ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Minersville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
      • Minersville is located in Trinity County
    • Weaverville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Douglas City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Trinity Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Junction City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Carrville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrville
      • Carrville is located in Trinity County
    • Helena ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Helena. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
      • Helena is located in Trinity County
    • Hayfork
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Bar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Wildwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Shasta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Keno, with the one closest to Keno listed first.
    • Morrowville ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Morrowville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrowville
      • Morrowville is located in Shasta County
    • French Gulch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jillsonville ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jillsonville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jillsonville
      • Jillsonville is located in Shasta County
    • Oak Bottom ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bottom
      • Oak Bottom is located in Shasta County
    • Fielding ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fielding. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fielding
      • Fielding is located in Shasta County
    • Iron Mountain ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mountain
      • Iron Mountain is located in Shasta County
    • Whiskeytown ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskeytown
      • Whiskeytown is located in Shasta County
      • Former names for Whiskeytown:
      • Blair
      • Franklin City
      • Schilling
      • Stella
      • Whiskey Creek
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whiskeytown <3>
    • Boralma ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boralma. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boralma
      • Boralma is located in Shasta County
    • Coram ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coram. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coram
      • Coram is located in Shasta County
    • Copley ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Copley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copley
      • Copley is located in Shasta County
      • Former name for Copley:
      • Motion
    • Matheson ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matheson
      • Matheson is located in Shasta County
    • Bonita ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bonita. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
      • Bonita is located in Shasta County

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

Cemeteries Near Keno ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Keno.

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 Keno covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • French Gulch Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • French Gulch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ridgeville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ridgeville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ridgeville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Weaverville Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weaverville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weaverville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Whiskeytown Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Shasta Catholic Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shasta Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Shasta Catholic Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2354998 <4>
  • Shasta Union Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Buckeye Pioneer Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Churntown Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Central Valley Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Igo Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Igo Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Igo Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2242774 <4>
  • Middleton Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Middleton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Middleton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Middletown Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Delta Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Delta Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Delta Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Delta.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2291419 <4>

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.

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

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

  • Deadwood ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Deadwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood
    • Deadwood is located in Trinity County
  • French Gulch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lewiston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Minersville ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Minersville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
    • Minersville is located in Trinity County
  • Weaverville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Douglas City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Copley ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Copley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copley
    • Copley is located in Shasta County
    • Former name for Copley:
    • Motion
  • Hart ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hart have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
    • Hart is located in Shasta County
    • Hart has also been known as:
    • Hart Village
    • Hart's Camp
  • Trinity Center
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Shasta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Kennett ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kennett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennett
    • Kennett is located in Shasta County
  • Morley ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Morley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
    • Morley is located in Shasta County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Mabel ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mabel have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
      • Mabel is located in Shasta County
    • Elmore ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elmore. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
      • Elmore is located in Shasta County
    • Junction City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Keno ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Keno.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Keno, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Keno.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Keno:

The official website for Trinity County: www.trinitycounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Keno, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Keno) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Keno. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7582, Longitude: -122.7159       In this case, the coordinates for Keno have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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