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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 Old Hopland (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 Old Hopland. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Old Hopland is located in Mendocino 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 Mendocino County: Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Sonoma, Tehama & Trinity.

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

  • Mendocino County     (The home county of Old Hopland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Hopland, with the one closest to Old Hopland listed first.
    • Hopland
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Largo ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Largo is located in Mendocino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
    • Hermitage ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Hermitage is located in Mendocino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
    • Yorkville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Talmage
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Ukiah
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Ukiah is located in Mendocino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ukiah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,883 people
      • Ukiah has also been known as:
      • Ukiah City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ukiah <1>
    • Boonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • The Forks
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • The Forks is located in Mendocino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Forks
    • Hemlock Ranch
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Hemlock Ranch is located in Mendocino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Ranch
      • Hemlock Ranch has also been known as:
      • Hemlock
    • Calpella
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Philo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Redwood Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Orrs Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Orrs Springs is located in Mendocino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs Springs
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Hopland, with the one closest to Old Hopland listed first.
    • Lakeport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Finley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • North Lakeport
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • North Lakeport is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lakeport
    • Kelseyville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Witter Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Witter Springs is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witter Springs
    • Saratoga Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Saratoga Springs is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Springs
    • Soda Bay
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Nice
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Robinson Rancheria
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Robinson Rancheria is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Rancheria
    • Upper Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lucerne
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenview
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Glenview is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
    • Glenbrook
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Glenbrook is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
  • Sonoma County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Old Hopland, with the one closest to Old Hopland listed first.
    • Preston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Preston is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
    • Cloverdale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Mercuryville ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Mercuryville is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercuryville
    • Geyserville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Annapolis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sea Ranch
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Healdsburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Stewarts Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Camp Rose
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Camp Rose is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Rose
    • Cazadero
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Old Hopland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Hopland.

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 Old Hopland - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Hopland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Indian Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Hartley Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Ornbaun Springs Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Cloverdale Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cloverdale Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Cloverdale.
    • The Cloverdale Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Haywards Cemetery
    • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    • Riverside Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #991087 <2>
  • Kelseyville Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Stone & Kelsey Gravesite
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Kelsay Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Ukiah Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pinoleville Rancheria Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Robinson Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...

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

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

  • Hopland
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Largo ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Largo is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
  • Pieta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pieta is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pieta
  • Hermitage ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hermitage is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
  • Yorkville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Preston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Preston is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
  • Highland Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Highland Springs is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
  • Lakeport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Talmage
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Cloverdale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Ukiah
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ukiah is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ukiah
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,883 people
    • Ukiah has also been known as:
    • Ukiah City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ukiah <1>
  • Kelseyville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Boonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Asti
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Asti is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asti
    • Upper Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Old Hopland ...

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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Hopland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Hopland, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Hopland.

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 Old Hopland:

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