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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 Lander Crossing (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 Lander Crossing. 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 Lander Crossing ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Lander Crossing: Lander Xing.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lander Crossing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lander Crossing.

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 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.

Lander Crossing is located in Placer 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 Placer County: El Dorado, Nevada, Sacramento, Sutter, Yuba, Carson City (NV), Douglas (NV) & Washoe (NV).

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

  • Placer County     (The home county of Lander Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lander Crossing, with the one closest to Lander Crossing listed first.
    • Colfax
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Weimar
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Chicago Park ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Chicago Park is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Park
    • Applegate
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Meadow Vista
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Iowa Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Yankee Jims
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
    • Clipper Gap
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Clipper Gap is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper Gap
    • Secret Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Secret Town is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret Town
    • Foresthill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Gold Run
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bowman
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lander Crossing, with the one closest to Lander Crossing listed first.
    • Cool
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Fornis
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Fornis is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fornis
    • Georgetown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Pilot Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Garden Valley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lotus
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Quintette
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Quintette is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
    • Coloma
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Kelsey
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Kelsey is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
    • Gold Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Gold Hill is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
    • Salmon Falls ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Salmon Falls is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Falls
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lander Crossing, with the one closest to Lander Crossing listed first.
    • Lake of the Pines
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake of the Pines is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Pines
    • Chicago Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Alta Sierra
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Alta Sierra is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Sierra
    • Cedar Ridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Kres
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Kres is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kres
    • Union Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Union Hill is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
    • You Bet ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • You Bet is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
    • Spring Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Spring Hill is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Grass Valley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • The Oaks
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Oaks is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Oaks
    • Glenbrook
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
    • Gold Flat
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Gold Flat is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Flat
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lander Crossing, with the one closest to Lander Crossing listed first.
    • Mormon Island ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Mormon Island is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Island
    • Represa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Represa is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Represa
    • Folsom Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Folsom Junction is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom Junction
    • Folsom
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • 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 <1>
    • Citrus Heights
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Natoma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Natoma is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
    • Prairie City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Prairie City is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
    • Orangevale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Shasta County
    • Bear Valley ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bear Valley is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
  • Sierra County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lander Crossing, with the one closest to Lander Crossing listed first.
    • Alleghany
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Forest
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Forest is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lander Crossing, with the one closest to Lander Crossing listed first.
    • Smartville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Timbuctoo ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Timbuctoo is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuctoo
    • Dobbins
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Oregon House
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Wheatland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
    • Browns Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Camptonville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Foster Bar ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Foster Bar is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
    • Garden Valley ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
    • Loma Rica
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica
    • Ostrom ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Ostrom is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrom

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

Cemeteries Near Lander Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lander Crossing.

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 Lander Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Colfax Indian Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Colfax Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Iowa Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Foresthill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Foresthill Community Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Lone Star Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Elm Ridge Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Josephine Mine Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • New Auburn Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (57 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.<3>

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

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

  • Weimar
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Colfax
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Chicago Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Yankee Jims
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
  • Clipper Gap
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Clipper Gap is located in Placer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper Gap
  • Buena Vista ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Buena Vista is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
  • Wolf
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Wolf is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
  • Kres
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Kres is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kres
  • Union Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Union Hill is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
  • Gold Run
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • You Bet ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • You Bet is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
  • Glenbrook
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Auburn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cool
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Dutch Flat
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Lander Crossing ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lander Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lander Crossing, 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 Lander Crossing.

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 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 Lander Crossing:

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>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.
<3>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 Lander Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lander Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.