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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 Manuel Mill (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 Manuel Mill. 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 Manuel Mill ...

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 Manuel Mill: Manuel Ml. (or less commonly used: Manuel Mll.)

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 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.

Manuel Mill is located in Calaveras 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 Calaveras County: Alpine, Amador, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.

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

  • Calaveras County     (The home county of Manuel Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manuel Mill, with the one closest to Manuel Mill listed first.
    • Arnold
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Lakemont Pines
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Lakemont Pines is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Pines
    • Meadowmont
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Meadowmont is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowmont
    • Fly-In Acres
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Fly-In Acres is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly-In Acres
    • Big Trees
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
    • Pinebrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Pinebrook is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebrook
    • Avery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hathaway Pines
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Camp Connell
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dorrington
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Trees Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Big Trees Village is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees Village
    • Cedar Vista
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Vista is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Vista
    • Forest Meadows
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Forest Meadows is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Meadows
  • Alpine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manuel Mill, with the one closest to Manuel Mill listed first.
    • Bear Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Alpine
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Alpine is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Alpine
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manuel Mill, with the one closest to Manuel Mill listed first.
    • Pioneer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Electra is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Pine Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Volcano
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jackson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Martell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Sutter Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Amador City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Fiddletown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • River Pines
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Drytown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Plymouth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manuel Mill, with the one closest to Manuel Mill listed first.
    • Grizzly Flatx
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Fair Play
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Aukum
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manuel Mill, with the one closest to Manuel Mill listed first.
    • Cedar Ridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
    • Columbia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Columbia Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
    • Martinez
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
    • Long Barn
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mi-Wuk Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sierra Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sierra Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Village
    • Twain Harte
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Rock Lodge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Rock Lodge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock Lodge
    • Squabbletown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
    • Cold Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Greenley Oaks
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Greenley Oaks is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenley Oaks

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

Cemeteries Near Manuel Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manuel Mill.

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 Manuel Mill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Mountain Ranch Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Inedpendence Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Briseno Ranch Burial Ground
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Vallecito Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Public Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Amador Memorial Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jesus Maria Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Altaville Catholic Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altaville Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Altaville Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Altaville.
    • The Altaville Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Angels Camp Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2269483 <3>
  • Altaville Protestant Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Altaville Serbian Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Catholic Cemetery is located in Altaville.
  • Lode Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lode Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lode Cemetery is located in Altaville.
  • Continue List   (38 more) ...
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Peoples Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

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>

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

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

  • Big Trees
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
  • Avery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Sheep Ranch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rail Road Flat
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain Ranch
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Murphys
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Douglas Flat
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • West Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Glencoe
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Columbia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Rich Gulch
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Rich Gulch is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Gulch
  • Angels Camp
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • San Andreas
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Mokelumne Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Tuttletown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown

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

Newspapers Published in Manuel Mill ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Manuel Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Manuel Mill, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Manuel Mill.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Manuel Mill:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Manuel Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Manuel Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.