Our Genealogy Helper
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 Las Flores (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 Las Flores. 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.
Las Flores is located in Tehama 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 Tehama County: Butte, Glenn, Mendocino, Plumas, Shasta & Trinity.
Below are the counties that are near Las Flores. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Las Flores:
- Tehama County (The home county of Las Flores)
- The following are listed by their distance from Las Flores, with the one closest to Las Flores listed first.
- Proberta
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gerber
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rawson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rawson is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
- Tehama
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Los Molinos
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Corning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Vina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bend is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
- Rancho Tehama Reserve
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kirkwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kirkwood is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Dales
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dales is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales
- Butte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Las Flores, with the one closest to Las Flores listed first.
- Nord ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nord is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nord
- Forest Ranch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
- Chico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Las Flores, with the one closest to Las Flores listed first.
- Capay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Capay is located in Glenn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
- Orland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hamilton City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Newville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newville is located in Glenn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Shasta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Las Flores, with the one closest to Las Flores listed first.
- Battle Creek ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Battle Creek is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
- Clarkville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Clarkville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkville
- Cottonwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Balls Ferry ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Balls Ferry is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
- Anderson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Anderson is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,565 people
- Former name for Anderson:
- American Ranch
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anderson <1>
- Parkville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Parkville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fleaville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Olinda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Olinda is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinda
- Happy Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Happy Valley is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Former name for Happy Valley:
- Oak
- Smithville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smithville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Aiken Gulch ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Aiken Gulch is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken Gulch
- Former names for Aiken Gulch:
- Camp Creek
- Camp Gulch
- Gas Point ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gas Point is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Point
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Las Flores, see our County-by-County Page for Las Flores.
Cemeteries Near Las Flores ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Las Flores.
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 Las Flores - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Las Flores covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Las Flores, with the one closest to Las Flores listed first.
- Tehama Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tehama Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tehama Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Tehama.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8399 <3>
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Corning Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sunset Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Vina Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Vina Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Vina.
- The Vina Cemetery has also been known as:
- Carter Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7884 <3>
- Kirkwood Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kirkwood Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the south of Corning.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8095 <3>
- Red Bank Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pine Creek Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northwest of Chico.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8268 <3>
- Elmore Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cameron - Davis Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lowrey Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lowrey Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the north of Paskenta.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8136 <3>
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Paskenta Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paskenta Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Paskenta Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northeast of Paskenta.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8258 <3>
- Graves Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Graves Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the northwest of Orland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7996 <3>
- Orland Masonic Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orland Masonic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Orland Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the north of Orland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #511436 <3>
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.<4>
While we didn't find Las Flores in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Las Flores.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Las Flores, with the one closest to Las Flores listed first.
- Proberta
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tehama
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rawson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rawson is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
- Richfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Richfield is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
- Red Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Corning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Henleyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Henleyville is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henleyville
- Vina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kirkwood is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Hooker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hooker is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Cana
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cana is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Anita
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Anita is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cottonwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Orland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Nord ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nord is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nord
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Las Flores. See our List of 1890's Communities around Las Flores.
Newspapers Published in Las Flores ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Las Flores.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Las Flores, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Las Flores.
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 Las Flores:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Tehama County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butte County
- Glenn County
- Shasta County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Las Flores) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Las Flores, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |