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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 Lake Camanche Ranches (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 Lake Camanche Ranches. 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 Lake Camanche Ranches ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Lake Camanche Ranches: Lk. Camanche Rnchs.

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 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.

Lake Camanche Ranches is located in Calaveras 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 Calaveras County: Alpine, Amador, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.

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

  • Calaveras County     (The home county of Lake Camanche Ranches)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Camanche Ranches, with the one closest to Lake Camanche Ranches listed first.
    • Burson
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Oregon Bar ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oregon Bar. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Bar
      • Oregon Bar is located in Calaveras County
    • Wallace
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Valley Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Campo Seco
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rancho Calaveras
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rancho Calaveras have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Calaveras
      • Rancho Calaveras is located in Calaveras County
    • Jenny Lind
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
      • Jenny Lind is located in Calaveras County
    • Petersburg ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Petersburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
      • Petersburg has also been known as:
      • Greasertown
    • Milton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
      • Milton is located in Calaveras County
    • Lost City ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lost City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
      • Lost City is located in Calaveras County
    • San Andreas
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Big Bar
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
      • Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Camanche Ranches, with the one closest to Lake Camanche Ranches listed first.
    • Camanche Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camanche Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
      • Camanche Village is located in Amador County
    • Ione
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
      • Ione is located in Amador County
      • 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 <1>
    • Jackson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Martell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Carbondale ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carbondale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
      • Carbondale is located in Amador County
    • Sutter Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Amador City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • May ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for May have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
      • May is located in Amador County
    • Drytown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Electra. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
      • Electra is located in Amador County
    • Plymouth
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Pine Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • El Dorado County
    • Mount Aukum
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Camanche Ranches, with the one closest to Lake Camanche Ranches listed first.
    • Herald
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Galt
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
      • Galt is located in Sacramento County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,551 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <1>
    • Rancho Murieta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Arno ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arno have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arno
      • Arno is located in Sacramento County
    • Wilton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • McConnel
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McConnel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnel
      • McConnel is located in Sacramento County
    • Sloughhouse
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Elk Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Vineyard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vineyard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
      • Vineyard is located in Sacramento County
    • Franklin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Franklin is located in Sacramento County
    • Laguna
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laguna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguna
      • Laguna is located in Sacramento County
    • Mather
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • San Joaquin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Camanche Ranches, with the one closest to Lake Camanche Ranches listed first.
    • Clements
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Bellota
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bellota. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota
      • Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
    • Lockeford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Linden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Peters
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Victor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Holden ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Holden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
      • Holden is located in San Joaquin County
    • Farmington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Walthal
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Walthal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthal
      • Walthal is located in San Joaquin County
    • Acampo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Lodi
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
      • Lodi is located in San Joaquin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 68,186 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodi <1>
    • Morada
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morada have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morada
      • Morada is located in San Joaquin County
  • Stanislaus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Camanche Ranches, with the one closest to Lake Camanche Ranches listed first.
    • Adela
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adela
      • Adela is located in Stanislaus County
    • East Oakdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Oakdale
      • East Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
    • Oakdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
      • Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,228 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakdale <1>
    • Knights Ferry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Camanche Ranches, with the one closest to Lake Camanche Ranches listed first.
    • Tuttletown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
      • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
    • Rawhide
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
      • Rawhide is located in Tuolumne County

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

Cemeteries Near Lake Camanche Ranches ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Camanche Ranches.

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 Lake Camanche Ranches covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Clements Glen View Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clements Glen View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clements Glen View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ione Protestant - Community Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ione Protestant - Community Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ione Protestant - Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Milton Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Milton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Milton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dean Family Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dean Family Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Dean Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dean Family Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the southwest of Milton.
    • The Dean Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wilson Burial Ground
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2503319 <5>
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Locke Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Locke Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Locke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Harmony Grove Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmony Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harmony Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Peoples Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peoples Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peoples Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Elliott Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elliott Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elliott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (65 more) ...
    • St. Sava Servian Orthodox Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • City Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is located in Sutter Creek.
    • New Protestant Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Protestant Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Protestant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Camanche ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camanche have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche
    • Camanche is located in Calaveras County
    • Former names for Camanche:
    • Clay's Bar
    • Limerrick
  • Burson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lancha Plana ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lancha Plana have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancha Plana
    • Lancha Plana is located in Amador County
  • Wallace
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Valley Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Campo Seco
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jenny Lind
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
    • Jenny Lind is located in Calaveras County
  • Clements
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Bellota
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bellota. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota
    • Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
  • Ione
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
    • Ione is located in Amador County
    • 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 <1>
  • Lockeford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Milton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Milton is located in Calaveras County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • San Andreas
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jackson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Elliott ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elliott have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
      • Elliott is located in San Joaquin County

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

Newspapers Published in Lake Camanche Ranches ...

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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Camanche Ranches.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Camanche Ranches, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Camanche Ranches.

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 Lake Camanche Ranches:

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

The official website for Calaveras County: www.co.calaveras.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>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>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>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 from Point A (ie- Lake Camanche Ranches) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake Camanche Ranches. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1944, Longitude: -120.9358       In this case, the coordinates for Lake Camanche Ranches 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 Lake Camanche Ranches, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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