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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 Marks Place (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 Marks Place. 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 Marks Place ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Marks Place: Marks Pl. (or less commonly used: Marks Plc.)
  • While the name of this community is Marks Place, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Marks Place may originally have been Mark's Place.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Marks Place might be written as Mark Place.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Marks Place is located in Mendocino 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 Mendocino County: Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Sonoma, Tehama & Trinity.

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

  • Mendocino County     (The home county of Marks Place)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marks Place, with the one closest to Marks Place listed first.
    • Covelo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dos Rios
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Laytonville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Spyrock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spyrock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spyrock
      • Spyrock is located in Mendocino County
    • Willits
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bowman Place
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Place
      • Bowman Place is located in Mendocino County
    • Shake City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shake City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shake City
      • Shake City is located in Mendocino County
    • Branscomb
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Potter Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Bell Springs ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Springs
      • Bell Springs is located in Mendocino County
    • Redwood Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • South Leggett
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Leggett
      • South Leggett is located in Mendocino County
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marks Place, with the one closest to Marks Place listed first.
    • Copper City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
      • Copper City is located in Glenn County
    • Lone Star ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
      • Lone Star is located in Glenn County
    • Dogtown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dogtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
      • Dogtown is located in Glenn County

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

Newspapers Published in Marks Place ...

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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Marks Place.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Marks Place, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Marks Place.

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 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 Marks Place:

Cemeteries Near Marks Place ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marks Place.

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

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

  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
  • Yuki Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yuki Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yuki Cemetery
  • Nome Lackee Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nome Lackee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nome Lackee Cemetery
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
  • Hulls Grave
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hulls Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hulls Grave
  • Laytonville Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laytonville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laytonville Cemetery
  • Willits Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willits Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willits Cemetery
  • Little Lake Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Lake Cemetery
  • Potter Valley Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Potter Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Potter Valley Cemetery

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.<5>

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

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

  • Covelo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hearst
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hearst have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearst
    • Hearst is located in Mendocino County
  • Laytonville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Willits
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Potter Valley
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Cummings
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cummings have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
    • Cummings is located in Mendocino County
  • Pomo
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pomo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomo
    • Pomo is located in Mendocino County

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

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

The official website for Mendocino County: www.co.mendocino.ca.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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 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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Marks Place) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Marks Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7032, Longitude: -123.1578       In this case, the coordinates for Marks Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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 Marks Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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