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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 Lakin (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 Lakin. 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 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.

Lakin is located in Siskiyou 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 Siskiyou County: Del Norte, Humboldt, Modoc, Shasta, Trinity, Jackson (OR), Josephine (OR) & Klamath (OR).

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

  • Siskiyou County     (The home county of Lakin)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lakin, with the one closest to Lakin listed first.
    • Hambone ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hambone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambone
      • Hambone is located in Siskiyou County
    • Slagger ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Slagger. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slagger
      • Slagger is located in Siskiyou County
    • Algoma ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Algoma. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
      • Algoma is located in Siskiyou County
    • Tennant
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennant
      • Tennant is located in Siskiyou County
  • Lassen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lakin, with the one closest to Lakin listed first.
    • Pittville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittville
      • Pittville is located in Lassen County
    • Nubieber
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bieber
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bieber
      • Bieber is located in Lassen County
    • Pumpkin Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Modoc County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lakin, with the one closest to Lakin listed first.
    • Lookout Junction
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lookout Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Junction
      • Lookout Junction is located in Modoc County
    • Tionesta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tionesta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tionesta
      • Tionesta is located in Modoc County
    • Lookout
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Shasta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lakin, with the one closest to Lakin listed first.
    • Dana
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
      • Dana is located in Shasta County
    • Alfa ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alfa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfa
      • Alfa is located in Shasta County
    • Cayton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayton
      • Cayton is located in Shasta County
    • Glenburn
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
      • Glenburn is located in Shasta County
      • Former names for Glenburn:
      • Burgettville
      • Swasey
    • McArthur
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Fall River Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Big Bend
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
      • Big Bend is located in Shasta County
      • Former names for Big Bend:
      • Elena
      • Henderson
      • Indian Springs
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Bend <3>

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

Cemeteries Near Lakin ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lakin.

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

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

  • Day Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Day Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Day Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2463464 <4>
  • Dana Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Eastman Ranch Indian Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Indian Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Indian Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • 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.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Burney Falls Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burney Falls Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Burney Falls Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2243323 <4>
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Lookout Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Fall River Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 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.<5>

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

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

  • Dana
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
    • Dana is located in Shasta County
  • Alfa ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alfa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfa
    • Alfa is located in Shasta County
  • Cayton
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayton
    • Cayton is located in Shasta County
  • Lookout
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Pittville
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittville
    • Pittville is located in Lassen County
  • Fall River Mills
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Bieber
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bieber
    • Bieber is located in Lassen County

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

Newspapers Published in Lakin ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakin.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lakin, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lakin.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Lakin:

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

The official website for Siskiyou County: www.co.siskiyou.ca.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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>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>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 Lakin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 from Point A (ie- Lakin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lakin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3782, Longitude: -121.5622       In this case, the coordinates for Lakin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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