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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 Manzanita Lake (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 Manzanita Lake. 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 Manzanita Lake ...

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 Manzanita Lake: Manzanita Lk.

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 and hospitals 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.

Manzanita Lake is located in Shasta 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 Shasta County: Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Siskiyou, Tehama & Trinity.

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

  • Shasta County     (The home county of Manzanita Lake)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manzanita Lake, with the one closest to Manzanita Lake listed first.
    • Viola ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Viola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
      • Viola is located in Shasta County
    • Old Station
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Shingletown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Eudora Colony ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eudora Colony. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora Colony
      • Eudora Colony is located in Shasta County
    • Whitmore
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Hat Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Inwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
      • Inwood is located in Shasta County
    • Fern
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
      • Fern is located in Shasta County
    • Midway
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Midway is located in Shasta County
    • Burney
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Bullskin ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bullskin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullskin
      • Bullskin is located in Shasta County
    • Pawnee ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pawnee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
      • Pawnee is located in Shasta County
    • Cassel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Lassen County
    • Peninsula Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peninsula Village
      • Peninsula Village is located in Lassen County
  • Plumas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manzanita Lake, with the one closest to Manzanita Lake listed first.
    • Chester
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Almanor West
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Almanor West
      • Lake Almanor West is located in Plumas County
      • Lake Almanor West has also been known as:
      • Almanor West
    • Lake Almanor Peninsula
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Almanor Country Club
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Almanor Country Club have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Almanor Country Club
      • Lake Almanor Country Club is located in Plumas County
    • Peninsula Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hamilton Branch
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Tehama County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Manzanita Lake, with the one closest to Manzanita Lake listed first.
    • Mineral
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Mill Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Manton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Dantuma Place
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantuma Place
      • Dantuma Place is located in Tehama County
    • Paynes Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Dales
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales
      • Dales is located in Tehama County

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

Newspapers Published in Manzanita Lake ...

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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Manzanita Lake.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Manzanita Lake, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Manzanita Lake.

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 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 Manzanita Lake:

Cemeteries Near Manzanita Lake ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Manzanita Lake.

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

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

  • Plateau Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Plateau Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plateau Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2320981 <5>
  • Klotz Family Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Klotz Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Klotz Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2414449 <5>
  • Whitmore Evangelical Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Fern Pioneer Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Fern Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • The Fern Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fern Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fern Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1973422 <5>
  • Whitmore Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitmore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Whitmore Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Josephine Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitmore Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2186442 <5>
  • Ogburn Inwood Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Burney Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Burney Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Burney.
    • Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Burney Cemetery (located 68 miles to the north).
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burney Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7866 <5>
  • Burney Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Burney Cemetery is located in Burney.
    • The Burney Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Burney District Cemetery
    • Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Burney Cemetery (located 69 miles to the north).
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burney Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2362619 <5>
  • Cameron - Davis Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Chester Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Run Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Oak Run Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Run Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244289 <5>
  • Halcumb Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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>

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

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

  • Shingletown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Manton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lyonsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyonsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
    • Lyonsville is located in Tehama County
  • Inwood
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
    • Inwood is located in Shasta County
  • Paynes Creek
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Cassel
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Round Mountain
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Run
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Montgomery Creek
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

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

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

The official website for Shasta County: www.co.shasta.ca.us/

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- Manzanita Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Manzanita Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5366, Longitude: -121.5628    
<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 Manzanita Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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