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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Michigan Bar. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Michigan Bar to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Michigan Bar, 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 Michigan Bar (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 Michigan Bar. 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 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Michigan Bar is historic, it would have been located within present day Sacramento 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 Sacramento County: Amador, Contra Costa, Placer, San Joaquin, Solano, Sutter & Yolo.
Below are the counties that are near Michigan Bar. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Michigan Bar:
- Sacramento County (The home county of Michigan Bar)
- The following are listed by their distance from Michigan Bar, with the one closest to Michigan Bar listed first.
- Rancho Murieta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sloughhouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Prairie City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie City is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Mather
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Folsom Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Folsom Junction is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom Junction
- Folsom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Folsom is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
- Folsom has also been known as:
- Folsom City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <2>
- Gold River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Natoma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Natoma is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
- Mormon Island ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mormon Island is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Island
- Rancho Cordova
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Represa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Represa is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Represa
- Amador County
- The following are listed by their distance from Michigan Bar, with the one closest to Michigan Bar listed first.
- May ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- May is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Carbondale ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Drytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Plymouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ione
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ione is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
- Former names for Ione:
- Bedbug
- Freeze Out
- Hardscrabble
- Ione City
- Ione Valley
- Jone City
- Jone Valley
- Rickeyville
- Woosterville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <2>
- Amador City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sutter Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fiddletown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Camanche Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Camanche Village is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
- Martell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- River Pines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jackson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Calaveras County
- The following are listed by their distance from Michigan Bar, with the one closest to Michigan Bar listed first.
- Oregon Bar ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oregon Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Bar
- Wallace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Campo Seco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Big Bar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
- Burson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mokelumne Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg has also been known as:
- Greasertown
- Glencoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rancho Calaveras
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rancho Calaveras is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Calaveras
- Jenny Lind
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jenny Lind is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
- San Andreas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- El Dorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from Michigan Bar, with the one closest to Michigan Bar listed first.
- Clarksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Crescent Ridge Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mormon Tavern ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mormon Tavern is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Tavern
- La Cresta Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- La Cresta Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cresta Village
- Park Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Park Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
- Cameron Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Ridge Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Ridge Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge Village
- Ridgeview Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ridgeview Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview Village
- Crown Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Crown Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Village
- El Dorado Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Governors Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Governors Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Governors Village
- Euchre Diggings ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Euchre Diggings is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchre Diggings
- Placer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Michigan Bar, with the one closest to Michigan Bar listed first.
- Granite Bay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Roseville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rocklin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Loomis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Penryn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Newcastle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Auburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ophir
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ophir is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Whitney ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whitney is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Riego
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riego is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riego
- Virginiatown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Virginiatown is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginiatown
- San Joaquin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Michigan Bar, with the one closest to Michigan Bar listed first.
- Clements
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lockeford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Acampo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Victor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mokelumne City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mokelumne City is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mokelumne City
- North Woodbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbridge
- South Woodbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodbridge
- Woodbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68,186 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodi <2>
- Taison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Taison is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taison
- Thornton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bellota
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota
- Yolo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Michigan Bar, with the one closest to Michigan Bar listed first.
- Broderick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Clarksburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Sacramento
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bryte
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Greendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Greendale is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Michigan Bar, see our County-by-County Page for Michigan Bar.
Cemeteries Near Michigan Bar ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Michigan Bar.
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 Michigan Bar - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Michigan Bar covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Michigan Bar, with the one closest to Michigan Bar listed first.
- Live Oak Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Michigan Bar Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- White Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bryant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Drytown Public Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- St. Stevens Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Protestant Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ione Protestant - Community Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chinese Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (80 more) ...
- Oak Knoll Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Catholic Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- IOOF Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Sutter Creek.
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.
Michigan Bar itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 114 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Michigan Bar, with the one closest to Michigan Bar listed first.
- May ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- May is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Forest Home ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Forest Home is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Carbondale ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Latrobe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Latrobe is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latrobe
- White Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- White Rock is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Ione
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ione is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
- Former names for Ione:
- Bedbug
- Freeze Out
- Hardscrabble
- Ione City
- Ione Valley
- Jone City
- Jone Valley
- Rickeyville
- Woosterville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <2>
- Drytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Plymouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Clay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clay is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Clarksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Amador City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Nashville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nashville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cicero ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cicero is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicero
- Alder Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alder Creek is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Creek
- Sutter Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Michigan Bar. See our List of 1890's Communities around Michigan Bar.
Newspapers Published in Michigan Bar ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Michigan Bar.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Michigan Bar, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Michigan Bar.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Michigan Bar:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Sacramento County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amador County
- Calaveras County
- El Dorado County
- Placer County
- San Joaquin County
- Yolo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
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 Michigan Bar, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Michigan Bar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |