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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Monte Cristo. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Monte Cristo to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Monte Cristo, 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 Monte Cristo (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 Monte Cristo. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Monte Cristo is historic, it would have been located within present day Sierra 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 Sierra County: Lassen, Nevada, Plumas, Yuba & Washoe (NV).

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

  • Sierra County     (The home county of Monte Cristo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monte Cristo, with the one closest to Monte Cristo listed first.
    • Downieville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Goodyears Bar
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Poker Flat
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
      • Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
    • Queen City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queen City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
      • Queen City is located in Sierra County
    • Forest
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
      • Forest is located in Sierra County
    • Alleghany
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Brandy City ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brandy City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
      • Brandy City is located in Sierra County
    • Loganville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loganville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
      • Loganville is located in Sierra County
    • Sierra City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Calpine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Sattley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Sierraville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monte Cristo, with the one closest to Monte Cristo listed first.
    • Clipper Mills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Oroleve
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroleve
      • Oroleve is located in Butte County
    • Lumpkin ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lumpkin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
      • Lumpkin is located in Butte County
    • Feather Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Evansville ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Evansville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
      • Evansville is located in Butte County
    • Forbestown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Robinson Mill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
      • Robinson Mill is located in Butte County
    • Merrimac
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrimac have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
      • Merrimac is located in Butte County
    • Berry Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • South Fork ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
      • South Fork is located in Butte County
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monte Cristo, with the one closest to Monte Cristo listed first.
    • Graniteville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
      • Graniteville is located in Nevada County
    • Marsh Mill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Mill
      • Marsh Mill is located in Nevada County
    • North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
      • North Bloomfield is located in Nevada County
    • Washington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Lake City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
      • Lake City is located in Nevada County
    • North Columbia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Columbia
      • North Columbia is located in Nevada County
    • Blue Tent
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Tent
      • Blue Tent is located in Nevada County
    • North San Juan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Scotts Flat
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Flat
      • Scotts Flat is located in Nevada County
    • Baltimore Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baltimore Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore Town
      • Baltimore Town is located in Nevada County
    • Meadow Lake ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Meadow Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
      • Meadow Lake is located in Nevada County
    • Summit City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
      • Summit City is located in Nevada County
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monte Cristo, with the one closest to Monte Cristo listed first.
    • Emigrant Gap
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Alta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Casa Loma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Loma
      • Casa Loma is located in Placer County
    • Dutch Flat
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Big Bend
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
      • Big Bend is located in Placer County
    • Gold Run
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Secret Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Secret Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret Town
      • Secret Town is located in Placer County
  • Plumas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monte Cristo, with the one closest to Monte Cristo listed first.
    • La Porte
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Grass Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Grass Valley
      • Little Grass Valley is located in Plumas County
    • Plumas Eureka
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plumas Eureka have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Eureka
      • Plumas Eureka is located in Plumas County
    • Johnsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Clio
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Graeagle
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mohawk
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mohawk have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
      • Mohawk is located in Plumas County
    • Blairsden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • C-Road
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for C-Road
      • C-Road is located in Plumas County
    • Valley Ranch
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ranch
      • Valley Ranch is located in Plumas County
    • Whitehawk
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehawk have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehawk
      • Whitehawk is located in Plumas County
    • Mohawk Vista
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Vista
      • Mohawk Vista is located in Plumas County
  • Shasta County
    • Bear Valley ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bear Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
      • Bear Valley is located in Shasta County
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monte Cristo, with the one closest to Monte Cristo listed first.
    • Depot Hill ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Depot Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
      • Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
    • Strawberry Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Camptonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Garden Valley ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
      • Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
    • Foster Bar ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foster Bar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
      • Foster Bar is located in Yuba County
    • Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullards Bar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
      • Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
    • Challenge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Brownsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Dobbins
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Rackerby
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Oregon House
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Monte Cristo ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monte Cristo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Monte Cristo, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Monte Cristo.

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 Monte Cristo:

Cemeteries Near Monte Cristo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monte Cristo.

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 Monte Cristo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Downieville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Eureka Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eureka Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eureka Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7955 <6>
  • Goodyears Bar Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Port Wine Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest City Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • St. Louis Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the St. Louis Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Louis Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<5> to the west of La Porte.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Louis Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8331 <6>
  • Scales Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Scales Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scales Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2361724 <6>
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Alleghany Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • La Porte Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Howland Flat Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Howland Flat Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howland Flat Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2186787 <6>
  • Brandy City Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Brandy City Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brandy City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2217386 <6>
  • Continue List   (37 more) ...
    • Gibsonville Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Sleighville House Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Sleighville House Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sleighville House Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2375335 <6>
    • Sierra City Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Sierra City Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sierra City Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Sierra City.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sierra City Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276304 <6>

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.

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

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

  • Downieville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Goodyears Bar
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Saint Louis
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Louis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis
    • Saint Louis is located in Sierra County
  • Scales ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scales have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scales
    • Scales is located in Sierra County
  • Alleghany
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • La Porte
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Gibsonville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gibsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
    • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
  • Moore's Flat
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moore's Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Flat
    • Moore's Flat is located in Nevada County
  • Graniteville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
    • Graniteville is located in Nevada County
  • Sierra City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Pike
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pike have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
    • Pike is located in Sierra County
    • Pike has also been known as:
    • Pike City
  • Strawberry Valley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Camptonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Johnsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
      • North Bloomfield is located in Nevada County

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

The official website for Sierra County: www.sierracounty.ws/

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

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 Monte Cristo, 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 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>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.
<5>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Monte Cristo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Monte Cristo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5963, Longitude: -120.8574       In this case, the coordinates for Monte Cristo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.




 

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