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Introduction ...

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

We've added Little Jamison to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Little Jamison, 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 Little Jamison (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 Little Jamison. 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 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 Little Jamison is historic, it would have been located within present day Plumas 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 Plumas County: Butte, Lassen, Shasta, Sierra, Tehama & Yuba.

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

  • Plumas County     (The home county of Little Jamison)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Jamison, with the one closest to Little Jamison listed first.
    • Johnsville
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Plumas Eureka
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Plumas Eureka is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Eureka
    • Graeagle
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Mohawk
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Mohawk is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
    • Blairsden
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • C-Road
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • C-Road is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for C-Road
    • Clio
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mohawk Vista
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Mohawk Vista is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Vista
    • Valley Ranch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Valley Ranch is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ranch
    • Whitehawk
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Whitehawk is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehawk
    • Cromberg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Greenhorn
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Greenhorn is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
    • Delleker
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Delleker is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delleker
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Jamison, with the one closest to Little Jamison listed first.
    • Clipper Mills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lumpkin ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Lumpkin is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
    • Oroleve
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Oroleve is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroleve
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Jamison, with the one closest to Little Jamison listed first.
    • Graniteville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Graniteville is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
    • Marsh Mill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Marsh Mill is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Mill
    • Baltimore Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Baltimore Town is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore Town
    • Meadow Lake ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Meadow Lake is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
    • Summit City ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Summit City is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
    • North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • North Bloomfield is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
    • Washington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Lake City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake City is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • North Columbia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • North Columbia is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Columbia
  • Placer County
  • Shasta County
    • Bear Valley ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • 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 Little Jamison, with the one closest to Little Jamison listed first.
    • Poker Flat
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
    • Gibsonville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
    • Loganville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Loganville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
    • Sierra City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Queen City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Queen City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
    • Calpine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Downieville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sattley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Goodyears Bar
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Forest is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Alleghany
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Sierraville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Brandy City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Brandy City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Jamison, with the one closest to Little Jamison listed first.
    • Depot Hill ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
    • Strawberry Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Camptonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Garden Valley ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley

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

Cemeteries Near Little Jamison ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Jamison.

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 Little Jamison - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Little Jamison in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little Jamison.

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

  • Johnsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Mohawk
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mohawk is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
  • Cromberg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Gibsonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
  • Saint Louis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Saint Louis is located in Sierra County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis
  • Sierra City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Downieville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • La Porte
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Goodyears Bar
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sattley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Scales ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Scales is located in Sierra County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scales
  • Quincy
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Alleghany
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Graniteville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Graniteville is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
    • Genesee ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Genesee is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee

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

Newspapers Published in Little Jamison ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Jamison.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Jamison, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Jamison.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Little Jamison:

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