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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 Lewiston (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 Lewiston. 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 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.

Lewiston is located in Trinity 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 Trinity County: Humboldt, Mendocino, Shasta, Siskiyou & Tehama.

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

  • Trinity County     (The home county of Lewiston)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lewiston, with the one closest to Lewiston listed first.
    • Deadwood ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deadwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood
      • Deadwood is located in Trinity County
    • Weaverville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Douglas City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Minersville ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minersville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
      • Minersville is located in Trinity County
    • Junction City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Helena ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helena have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
      • Helena is located in Trinity County
    • Trinity Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Hayfork
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Bar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Wildwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Carrville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrville
      • Carrville is located in Trinity County
    • Peanut
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peanut
      • Peanut is located in Trinity County
  • Shasta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lewiston, with the one closest to Lewiston listed first.
    • Morrowville ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Morrowville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrowville
      • Morrowville is located in Shasta County
    • French Gulch
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jillsonville ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jillsonville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jillsonville
      • Jillsonville is located in Shasta County
    • Oak Bottom ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bottom
      • Oak Bottom is located in Shasta County
    • Whiskeytown ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskeytown
      • Whiskeytown is located in Shasta County
      • Former names for Whiskeytown:
      • Blair
      • Franklin City
      • Schilling
      • Stella
      • Whiskey Creek
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whiskeytown <2>
    • Fielding ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fielding. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fielding
      • Fielding is located in Shasta County
    • Iron Mountain ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mountain
      • Iron Mountain is located in Shasta County
    • Agland ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • 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.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agland
      • Agland is located in Shasta County
    • Shasta
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Copley ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copley
      • Copley is located in Shasta County
      • Former name for Copley:
      • Motion
    • Keswick
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keswick
      • Keswick is located in Shasta County
    • Matheson ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matheson
      • Matheson is located in Shasta County
    • Ono
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ono
      • Ono is located in Shasta County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lewiston ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lewiston.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lewiston. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lewiston and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lewiston.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4> of Lewiston.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Lewiston:

Cemeteries Near Lewiston ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lewiston.

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

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

  • Weaverville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weaverville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weaverville Cemetery
  • French Gulch Catholic Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • French Gulch Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Ridgeville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ridgeville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ridgeville Cemetery
  • Whiskeytown Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Shasta Catholic Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Shasta Catholic Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shasta Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2354998 <5>
  • Shasta Union Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Trinity County Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Fann - Slaughter Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Philpott Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Philpott Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • The Philpott Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Ono Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Philpott Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2238211 <5>
  • Ono Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Ono Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ono Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Ono
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ono Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2208511 <5>
  • Igo Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Igo Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Igo Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2242774 <5>
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Northern California Veterans Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Middleton Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Middleton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Middleton Cemetery
    • Middletown Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lewiston had a population of 182 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Deadwood ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deadwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood
    • Deadwood is located in Trinity County
  • Weaverville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Douglas City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • French Gulch
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Minersville ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minersville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
    • Minersville is located in Trinity County
  • Junction City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Dedrick ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dedrick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedrick
    • Dedrick is located in Trinity County
  • Shasta
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ono
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ono
    • Ono is located in Shasta County
  • Copley ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copley
    • Copley is located in Shasta County
    • Former name for Copley:
    • Motion
  • Igo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Hart ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hart have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
    • Hart is located in Shasta County
    • Hart has also been known as:
    • Hart Village
    • Hart's Camp
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Waugh ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waugh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
      • Waugh is located in Shasta County
    • Trinity Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Buckeye
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
      • Buckeye is located in Shasta County

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

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

The official website for Trinity County: www.trinitycounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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- Lewiston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lewiston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7034, Longitude: -122.8063    
<5>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.
<6>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 Lewiston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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