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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 Lovelock (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 Lovelock. 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 southwest 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 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.

Lovelock is located in Butte 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 Butte County: Colusa, Glenn, Plumas, Sutter, Tehama & Yuba.

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

  • Butte County     (The home county of Lovelock)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lovelock, with the one closest to Lovelock listed first.
    • Powellton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Powellton is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
    • Stirling City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • De Sabla
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • De Sabla is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Sabla
    • Nimshew
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Nimshew is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimshew
    • Paradise Pines
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Paradise Pines is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Pines
    • Magalia
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Forest Ranch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
    • Irish Town
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Irish Town is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Town
    • Inskip ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Inskip is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
    • Paradise
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Big Bar
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Big Bar is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
    • Pulga
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lovelock, with the one closest to Lovelock listed first.
    • Hamilton City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Capay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Capay is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
  • Plumas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lovelock, with the one closest to Lovelock listed first.
    • Storrie
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Tobin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Tobin is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
    • Belden
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Bucks Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Bucks Lake is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Lake
    • Rich Bar ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Rich Bar is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Bar
    • Longville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Longville is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
    • Caribou
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Caribou is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
    • Meadow Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Silver Creek ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Silver Creek is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
    • Spanish Ranch
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Spanish Ranch is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Ranch
    • Twain
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Seneca ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Seneca is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
  • Tehama County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lovelock, with the one closest to Lovelock listed first.
    • Vina
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Los Molinos
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Mill Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Dantuma Place
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Dantuma Place is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantuma Place
    • Tehama
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Lovelock ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lovelock.

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 Lovelock - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Coutolenc Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Forest Ranch Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Skyway Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Nicholl Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Inskip Pioneer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Centerville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cohasset Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Paradise Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Clarks Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Butte Meadows Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Clear Creek Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Chico Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chico Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Chico.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7900 <2>
  • Continue List   (28 more) ...
    • Glen Oaks Memorial Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherokee Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cherokee Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north of Oroville.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1967787 <2>
    • Mechoopda Indian Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lovelock had a population of 89 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Powellton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Powellton is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
  • Nimshew
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Nimshew is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimshew
  • Forest Ranch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
  • Magalia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Inskip ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Inskip is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
  • Paradise
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Yankee Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Yankee Hill is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Hill
  • Butte Meadows
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Big Bend
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Bend is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
  • Pentz
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Pentz is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentz
  • Merrimac
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Merrimac is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
  • Chico
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Chico is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,867 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chico <1>
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Cherokee ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Cherokee is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
    • Brush Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Brush Creek is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
    • Durham
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Lovelock ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lovelock.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lovelock, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lovelock.

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 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 Lovelock:

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>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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lovelock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Lovelock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.