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Introduction ...

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

We've added Koloma to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Koloma, 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 Koloma (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 Koloma. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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 Koloma is historic, it would have been located within present day El Dorado County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of El Dorado County: Alpine, Amador, Placer, Sacramento & Douglas (NV).

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

  • El Dorado County     (The home county of Koloma)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Koloma, with the one closest to Koloma listed first.
    • Coloma
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Lotus
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Gold Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Gold Hill is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
    • Kelsey
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Kelsey is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
    • Garden Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Fornis
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Fornis is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fornis
    • Greenwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Placerville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jayhawk
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jayhawk is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayhawk
    • Georgetown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Pilot Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • El Dorado
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Diamond Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Koloma, with the one closest to Koloma listed first.
    • River Pines
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Fiddletown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Plymouth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Drytown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Amador City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • May ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • May is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
    • Carbondale ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Carbondale is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
    • Sutter Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Volcano
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ione
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Ione is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
      • Former names for Ione:
      • Bedbug
      • Freeze Out
      • Hardscrabble
      • Ione City
      • Ione Valley
      • Jone City
      • Jone Valley
      • Rickeyville
      • Woosterville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <2>
    • Martell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Pioneer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Koloma, with the one closest to Koloma listed first.
    • Lake of the Pines
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake of the Pines is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Pines
    • Chicago Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Alta Sierra
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Alta Sierra is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Sierra
    • Cedar Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Kres
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Kres is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kres
    • You Bet ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • You Bet is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
    • Union Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Union Hill is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
    • Grass Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • The Oaks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • The Oaks is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Oaks
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Koloma, with the one closest to Koloma listed first.
    • Auburn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bowman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Clipper Gap
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Clipper Gap is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper Gap
    • North Auburn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • North Auburn is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
    • Applegate
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Ophir
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Ophir is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Newcastle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Foresthill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Yankee Jims
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
    • Meadow Vista
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Granite Bay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Penryn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Loomis
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Koloma, with the one closest to Koloma listed first.
    • Mormon Island ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Mormon Island is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Island
    • Folsom
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Folsom is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
      • Folsom has also been known as:
      • Folsom City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <2>
    • Represa
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Represa is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Represa
    • Prairie City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Prairie City is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
    • Folsom Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Folsom Junction is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom Junction
    • Natoma
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Natoma is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
    • Orangevale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Gold River
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Citrus Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Fair Oaks
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Rancho Murieta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Rancho Cordova
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sabre City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Sabre City is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabre City

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

Cemeteries Near Koloma ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Koloma.

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Koloma - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • James Marshall Gravesite
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Uniontown Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Gold Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • The Gold Hill Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting and respect the owner's property rights.
    • We're sorry, but we do not have contact information for the owner.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gold Hill Cemetery is located in Gold Hill.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2348365 <3>
  • Middletown Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Westwood Hills Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jayhawk Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayhawk Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Jayhawk Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Jayhawk
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8083 <3>
  • Bennett Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Placerville Union Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerville Union Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Placerville Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Placerville.
    • The Placerville Union Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Union Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1812538 <3>
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pilot Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (62 more) ...

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 Koloma in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Koloma.

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

  • Coloma
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Lotus
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Kelsey
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Kelsey is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
  • Garden Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Placerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Georgetown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Pilot Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • El Dorado
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Salmon Falls ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Salmon Falls is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Falls
  • Shingle Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Cool
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Auburn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Clarksville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
    • Clipper Gap
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Clipper Gap is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper Gap
    • Pleasant Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley

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

Newspapers Published in Koloma ...

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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Koloma.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Koloma, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Koloma.

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 Koloma:

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 Koloma, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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.
<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- Koloma) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.