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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 Knights Landing (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 Knights Landing. 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.

Name Variations for Knights Landing ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Knights Landing: Knights Lndg. (or less commonly used: Knights Lndng.)
  • While the name of this community is Knights Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Knights Landing may originally have been Knight's Landing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Knights Landing might be written as Knight Landing.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 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.

Knights Landing is located in Yolo 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 Yolo County: Colusa, Lake, Napa, Sacramento, Solano & Sutter.

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

  • Yolo County     (The home county of Knights Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knights Landing, with the one closest to Knights Landing listed first.
    • Yolo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Zamora
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Dunnigan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Plainfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
      • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
    • Madison
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Swingle
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swingle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
      • Swingle is located in Yolo County
    • Hershey
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hershey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershey
      • Hershey is located in Yolo County
    • Davis
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • El Macero
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Bryte
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Esparto
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knights Landing, with the one closest to Knights Landing listed first.
    • Harrington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
      • Harrington is located in Colusa County
    • College City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Grimes
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Arbuckle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Genevra
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Genevra have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genevra
      • Genevra is located in Colusa County
  • Napa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knights Landing, with the one closest to Knights Landing listed first.
    • Redbud Park ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redbud Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud Park
      • Redbud Park is located in Napa County
    • Las Putas ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Las Putas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Putas
      • Las Putas is located in Napa County
    • Monticello ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monticello have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
      • Monticello is located in Napa County
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knights Landing, with the one closest to Knights Landing listed first.
    • Riego
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riego have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riego
      • Riego is located in Placer County
    • Whitney ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
      • Whitney is located in Placer County
    • Sheridan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Clayton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clayton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
      • Clayton is located in Placer County
    • Lincoln
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Roseville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Rocklin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Loomis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Virginiatown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginiatown
      • Virginiatown is located in Placer County
    • Penryn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Granite Bay
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knights Landing, with the one closest to Knights Landing listed first.
    • Elverta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Rio Linda
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sacramento
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Antelope
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • North Highlands
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Sabre City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sabre City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabre City
      • Sabre City is located in Sacramento County
    • Ben Ali
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Ali
      • Ben Ali is located in Sacramento County
    • Sutterville ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 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.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutterville
      • Sutterville is located in Sacramento County
    • Foothill Farms
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foothill Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town and Country Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
    • Arden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
      • Arden is located in Sacramento County
    • Carmichael
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Solano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knights Landing, with the one closest to Knights Landing 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 <2>
    • Allendale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
      • Allendale is located in Solano County
    • Hartley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
      • Hartley is located in Solano County
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knights Landing, with the one closest to Knights Landing listed first.
    • Robbins
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Nicolas
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Nicolaus
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Marcuse ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marcuse have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
      • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
    • Pleasant Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Rio Oso
      (14 miles [22.5 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.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
      • South Yuba City is located in Sutter County
    • Tarke
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
      • Tarke is located in Sutter County
    • Tierra Buena
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tierra Buena have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Buena
      • Tierra Buena is located in Sutter County
    • Yuba City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Meridian
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knights Landing, with the one closest to Knights Landing listed first.
    • Plumas Landing ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Landing
      • Plumas Landing is located in Yuba County
    • Ostrom ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrom
      • Ostrom is located in Yuba County
    • Wheatland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • 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 northeast)
    • Linda
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Binney Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
      • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
    • Marysville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Dantoni
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantoni
      • Dantoni is located in Yuba County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Knights Landing ...

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 194 newspapers that have been published in the area around Knights Landing.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Knights Landing. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Knights Landing and those printed in the larger area surrounding Knights Landing.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<5> of Knights Landing.

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 Knights Landing:

Cemeteries Near Knights Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knights Landing.

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

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

  • Knights Landing Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Marys Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marys Cemetery
  • Woodland City Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
  • Nicolaus Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nicolaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nicolaus Cemetery
  • Monument Hill Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cottonwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cottonwood 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.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
  • Johns Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johns Cemetery
  • Capay Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Capay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Capay Cemetery
  • Sunset Lawn Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Lawn Cemetery
  • Continue List   (45 more) ...
    • City Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City Cemetery
    • Masonic Lawn Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery

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.<7>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Knights Landing had a population of 287 people in 1895 with railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Yolo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Mullen ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mullen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullen
    • Mullen is located in Yolo County
  • Nicolas
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Marcuse ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marcuse have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
    • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
  • Merritt
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merritt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
    • Merritt is located in Yolo County
  • Pleasant Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Cranmore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranmore have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmore
    • Cranmore is located in Sutter County
  • Madison
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Plainfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
    • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
  • Dunnigan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Swingle
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swingle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
    • Swingle is located in Yolo County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Webster
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Webster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
      • Webster is located in Yolo County
    • Esparto
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Citrona
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Citrona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrona
      • Citrona is located in Yolo County

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

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

The official website for Yolo County: www.yolocounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Knights Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Knights Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7997, Longitude: -121.7206    
<6>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.
<7>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 Knights Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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