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Introduction ...

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

We've added New York Flat to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New York Flat, 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 New York Flat (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 New York Flat. 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 New York Flat ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for New York Flat: New York Flt.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 New York Flat is historic, it would have been located within present day Yuba 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 Yuba County: Butte, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra & Sutter.

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

  • Yuba County     (The home county of New York Flat)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New York Flat, with the one closest to New York Flat listed first.
    • Brownsville
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Challenge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Rackerby
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Foster Bar ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Foster Bar is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
    • Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
    • Dobbins
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Strawberry Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Oregon House
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Garden Valley ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
    • Camptonville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Depot Hill ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
    • Loma Rica
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica
    • Iowa City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Iowa City is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New York Flat, with the one closest to New York Flat listed first.
    • Evansville ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Evansville is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
    • Forbestown
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Robinson Mill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Robinson Mill is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
    • Oroleve
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Oroleve is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroleve
    • Clipper Mills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Feather Falls
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Lumpkin ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Lumpkin is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
    • South Fork ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • South Fork is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
    • Bidwell Bar ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Bidwell Bar is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell Bar
    • Bangor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bidwell ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Bidwell is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell
    • Wyandotte
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Wyandotte is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
    • Berry Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New York Flat, with the one closest to New York Flat listed first.
    • North San Juan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Birchville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Birchville is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchville
    • Bridgeport
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Bridgeport is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • North Columbia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • North Columbia is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Columbia
    • Lake Wildwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Lake Wildwood is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wildwood
    • Nevada City Rancheria
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Newtown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Newtown is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
    • Rough and Ready
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Bitney Corner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bitney Corner is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitney Corner
    • Blue Tent
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Blue Tent is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Tent
    • Lake City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake City is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • Nevada City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Oaks
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • The Oaks is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Oaks
  • Placer County
  • Plumas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New York Flat, with the one closest to New York Flat listed first.
    • La Porte
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Grass Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Little Grass Valley is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Grass Valley
    • Bucks Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Bucks Lake is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Lake
    • Storrie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Tobin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Tobin is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
  • Santa Cruz County
  • Sierra County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New York Flat, with the one closest to New York Flat listed first.
    • Brandy City ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Brandy City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
    • Goodyears Bar
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Queen City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Queen City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
    • Forest
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Forest is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Alleghany
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Downieville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Gibsonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
    • Poker Flat
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New York Flat, with the one closest to New York Flat listed first.
    • Live Oak
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
    • Pennington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Pennington is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
    • Yuba City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near New York Flat ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New York Flat.

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 New York Flat - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 New York Flat in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New York Flat.

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

  • Brownsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Forbestown
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Enterprise ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Enterprise is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Hurleton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hurleton is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurleton
  • Clipper Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Lumpkin ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lumpkin is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
  • Dobbins
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
  • Wyandotte
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Wyandotte is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
  • Bangor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Oregon House
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Strawberry Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • North San Juan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Camptonville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Brush Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Brush Creek is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek

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

Newspapers Published in New York Flat ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around New York Flat.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New York Flat, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New York Flat.

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 New York Flat:

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 New York Flat, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New York Flat) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.