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Introduction ...

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

We've added Leonard Place to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Leonard Place, 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 Leonard Place (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 Leonard Place. 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 Leonard Place ...

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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Leonard Place: Leonard Pl. (or less commonly used: Leonard Plc.)

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

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 hospitals 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 Leonard Place is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Leonard Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leonard Place:

  • Tehama County     (The home county of Leonard Place)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leonard Place, with the one closest to Leonard Place listed first.
    • Rancho Tehama Reserve
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Flournoy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Paskenta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Red Bluff
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Rawson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Rawson is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
    • Proberta
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Gerber
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hooker
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Hooker is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
    • Tehama
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Bend
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Bend is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
    • Corning
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Los Molinos
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leonard Place, with the one closest to Leonard Place listed first.
    • Newville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Newville is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
    • Orland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Capay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Capay is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
    • Copper City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Copper City is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
    • Lone Star ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Lone Star is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Shasta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leonard Place, with the one closest to Leonard Place listed first.
    • Aiken Gulch ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • 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
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Gas Point is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Point
    • Smithville ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Smithville is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
    • Cottonwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Olinda
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Olinda is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinda
    • Happy Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Happy Valley is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
      • Former name for Happy Valley:
      • Oak
    • Beegum
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Beegum is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beegum
    • Anderson
      (27 miles [43.5 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 <2>
    • Cloverdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Cloverdale is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
    • Agland ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Agland is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agland
    • Balls Ferry ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Balls Ferry is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
    • Battle Creek ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Battle Creek is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek

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

Cemeteries Near Leonard Place ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leonard Place.

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 Leonard Place - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Red Bank Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lowrey Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Paskenta Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • 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]<3> to the northeast of Paskenta.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8258 <4>
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Elmore Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Newville Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Tehama Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • 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<3> to the west of Tehama.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8399 <4>
  • Corning Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sunset Hill Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Chrome Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chrome Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north of Elk Creek.
    • The Chrome Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Milsap Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8162 <4>
  • Millsap Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Pinckney Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Graves Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • 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]<3> to the northwest of Orland.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7996 <4>
    • Kirkwood Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 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.

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

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

  • Henleyville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Henleyville is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henleyville
  • Paskenta
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Red Bluff
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Rawson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Rawson is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
  • Proberta
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Richfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Richfield is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
  • Hooker
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Hooker is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
  • Newville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Newville is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
  • Corning
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Tehama
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Kirkwood
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Kirkwood is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
  • Gas Point ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Gas Point is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Point
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Cottonwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Vina
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Olinda
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Olinda is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinda

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

Newspapers Published in Leonard Place ...

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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leonard Place.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leonard Place, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Leonard Place.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Leonard Place:

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 Leonard Place, 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Leonard Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.