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Introduction ...

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

We've added Mullen to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mullen, 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 Mullen (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 Mullen. 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 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 Mullen is historic, it would have been located within present day Yolo 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 Yolo County: Colusa, Lake, Napa, Sacramento, Solano & Sutter.

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

  • Yolo County     (The home county of Mullen)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mullen, with the one closest to Mullen listed first.
    • Woodland
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Plainfield
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
    • Yolo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Davis
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • El Macero
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Swingle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Swingle is located in Yolo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
    • Knights Landing
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Zamora
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Madison
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Bryte
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • West Sacramento
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Broderick
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mullen, with the one closest to Mullen listed first.
    • Harrington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Harrington is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
    • College City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Grimes
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Arbuckle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Napa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mullen, with the one closest to Mullen listed first.
    • Redbud Park ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Redbud Park is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud Park
    • Monticello ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Monticello is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
    • Las Putas ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Las Putas is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Putas
    • Spanish Flat
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mullen, with the one closest to Mullen listed first.
    • Riego
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Riego is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riego
    • Roseville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Whitney ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Whitney is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
    • Rocklin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Clayton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Clayton is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
    • Lincoln
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mullen, with the one closest to Mullen listed first.
    • Sacramento
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Sutterville ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Sutterville is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutterville
    • Elverta
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Rio Linda
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Ben Ali
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Ben Ali is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Ali
    • Town and Country Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Freeport
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Freeport is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
    • Parkway - South Sacramento
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Arcade ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Arcade is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcade
    • Arden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Arden is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
    • North Highlands
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Perkins
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Perkins is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
  • Solano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mullen, with the one closest to Mullen listed first.
    • Dixon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Dixon is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,440 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <2>
    • Batavia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Batavia is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
    • Allendale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Allendale is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
    • Hartley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Hartley is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
    • Leisure Town
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Leisure Town is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Town
    • Elmira
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Vacaville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Oxford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Oxford is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Cannon ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Cannon is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
    • Travis Field
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Travis Field is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travis Field
    • Solano City ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Solano City is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solano City
    • Denverton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Denverton is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denverton
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mullen, with the one closest to Mullen listed first.
    • Robbins
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Nicolas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Nicolaus
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Marcuse ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
    • Rio Oso
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mullen, with the one closest to Mullen listed first.
    • Plumas Landing ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Plumas Landing is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Landing
    • Wheatland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Mullen ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mullen.

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 Mullen - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Woodland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Woodland.
    • The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Woodland City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8455 <3>
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • St. Joseph's Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph's Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Woodland.
    • The St. Joseph's Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1990865 <3>
  • Monument Hill Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Davis Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Davis.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7930 <3>
  • Cacheville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cacheville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cacheville Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Yolo.
    • The Cacheville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Yolo Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2344398 <3>
  • Mary's Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Gordon Family Cemetery
  • Knights Landing Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cottonwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the southeast of Esparto.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7919 <3>
  • Tremont Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Corbin Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (44 more) ...
    • Winters Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Winters Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Winters.
      • The Winters Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Masonic Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8452 <3>
    • Silveyville Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

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.

Mullen itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Woodland
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Merritt
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Merritt is located in Yolo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
  • Plainfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
  • Yolo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Davis
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Swingle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Swingle is located in Yolo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
  • Webster
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Webster is located in Yolo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
  • Knights Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Madison
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Citrona
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Citrona is located in Yolo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrona
  • Winters
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Dixon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Dixon is located in Solano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,440 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <2>
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Esparto
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Sacramento
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Capay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Mullen ...

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 174 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mullen.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mullen, 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 Mullen.

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 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 Mullen:

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 Mullen, 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 '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- Mullen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.