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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 Middletown Rancheria (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 Middletown Rancheria. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Middletown Rancheria is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Colusa, Glenn, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma & Yolo.

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

  • Lake County     (The home county of Middletown Rancheria)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middletown Rancheria, with the one closest to Middletown Rancheria listed first.
    • Middletown
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hidden Valley Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hidden Valley Lake is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley Lake
    • Pine Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Grove is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
    • Cobb
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Seigler Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Seigler Springs is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seigler Springs
    • Glenbrook
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Glenbrook is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
    • Salminas Resort
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Salminas Resort is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salminas Resort
    • Lower Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Glenview
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Glenview is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
    • Clearlake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Clearlake Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Clearlake Oaks
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Colusa County
  • Napa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middletown Rancheria, with the one closest to Middletown Rancheria listed first.
    • Woodleaf
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Woodleaf is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf
    • Calistoga
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Pope Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Angwin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Deer Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Helena
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rutherford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Las Putas ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Las Putas is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Putas
    • Oakville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Monticello ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Monticello is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
    • Spanish Flat
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Yountville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sonoma County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middletown Rancheria, with the one closest to Middletown Rancheria listed first.
    • Kellogg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Kellogg is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
    • Mercuryville ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Mercuryville is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercuryville
    • Mark West Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Mark West Springs is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark West Springs
    • Camp Rose
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Camp Rose is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Rose
    • Healdsburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Geyserville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Windsor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fulton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Melita
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Melita is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
    • Montgomery Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Montgomery Village is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Village
    • Santa Rosa
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Trenton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Trenton is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Yolo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middletown Rancheria, with the one closest to Middletown Rancheria listed first.
    • Rumsey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Guinda
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Brooks
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Middletown Rancheria ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Middletown Rancheria.

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 Middletown Rancheria - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Middletown Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cyrus Alexander Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Calistoga.
    • The Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1989886 <2>
  • Duvall Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Beeson Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Biter Family Cemetery
  • Willard D. Hammond Gravesite
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Glenbrook Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • John Zegras Gravesite
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Valley Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Valley Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Pope Valley.
    • The Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pope Valley Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2158186 <2>
  • St. Gregory of Sinai Monastery Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (58 more) ...
    • Hall Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Pioneer Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pioneer Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southeast of Calistoga.
      • The Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
      • White Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2158234 <2>
    • Lower Lake Herndon - Copsey Pioneer Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)

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 Middletown Rancheria in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Middletown Rancheria.

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

  • Middletown
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Kellogg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Kellogg is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
  • Calistoga
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Glenbrook
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Glenbrook is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
  • Lower Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Bale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bale is located in Napa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bale
  • Pope Valley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Angwin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Barro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Barro is located in Napa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barro
  • Geyserville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Windsor
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Knoxville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Knoxville is located in Napa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Fulton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Helena
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Melita
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Melita is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita

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

Newspapers Published in Middletown Rancheria ...

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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Middletown Rancheria.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Middletown Rancheria, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Middletown Rancheria.

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 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 Middletown Rancheria:

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Middletown Rancheria) 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 Middletown Rancheria, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.