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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 have occurred.

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

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 hospitals and doctors 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.

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 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rancho Tehama Reserve have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Tehama Reserve
      • Rancho Tehama Reserve is located in Tehama County
    • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rawson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
      • Rawson is located in Tehama County
    • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
      • Hooker is located in Tehama County
    • Tehama
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Bend
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
      • Bend is located in Tehama County
    • Corning
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Los Molinos
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Vina
      (25 miles [40.2 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
      • Newville is located in Glenn County
    • Orland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Capay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Capay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
      • Capay is located in Glenn County
    • Copper City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
      • Copper City is located in Glenn County
    • Lone Star ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
      • Lone Star is located in Glenn County
  • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Aiken Gulch. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken Gulch
      • Aiken Gulch is located in Shasta County
      • Former names for Aiken Gulch:
      • Camp Creek
      • Camp Gulch
    • Gas Point ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Point
      • Gas Point is located in Shasta County
    • Smithville ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Smithville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
      • Smithville is located in Shasta County
    • Cottonwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Olinda
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinda
      • Olinda is located in Shasta County
    • Happy Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
      • Happy Valley is located in Shasta County
      • Former name for Happy Valley:
      • Oak
    • Beegum
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beegum. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beegum
      • Beegum is located in Shasta County
    • Anderson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
      • Anderson is located in Shasta County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,565 people
      • Former name for Anderson:
      • American Ranch
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anderson <3>
    • Cloverdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
      • Cloverdale is located in Shasta County
    • Agland ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Agland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agland
      • Agland is located in Shasta County
    • Balls Ferry ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Balls Ferry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
      • Balls Ferry is located in Shasta County
    • Battle Creek ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Battle Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
      • Battle Creek is located in Shasta County
    • Clarkville ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clarkville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkville
      • Clarkville is located in Shasta County

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.

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 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 the Paskenta Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paskenta Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Elmore Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elmore Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elmore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • 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 the Tehama Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tehama Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<5> to the east of Tehama.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8399 <6>
  • 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 the Chrome Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chrome Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<5> to the south of Elk Creek.
    • The Chrome Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Milsap Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8162 <6>
  • Millsap Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Millsap Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Millsap Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Pinckney Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Graves Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Kirkwood Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kirkwood Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kirkwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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.

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henleyville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henleyville
    • Henleyville is located in Tehama County
  • 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)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rawson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
    • Rawson is located in Tehama County
  • Proberta
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Richfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
    • Richfield is located in Tehama County
  • Hooker
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
    • Hooker is located in Tehama County
  • Newville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
    • Newville is located in Glenn County
  • Corning
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Tehama
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Gas Point ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Point
    • Gas Point is located in Shasta County
  • Cottonwood
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Vina
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Olinda
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinda
      • Olinda is located in Shasta County
    • Anderson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
      • Anderson is located in Shasta County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,565 people
      • Former name for Anderson:
      • American Ranch
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anderson <3>

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]<5>. 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 helpful 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:

The official website for Tehama County: www.co.tehama.ca.us/

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

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>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>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.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Leonard Place) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Leonard Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0754, Longitude: -122.5058       In this case, the coordinates for Leonard Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.




 

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