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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 Omega (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 Omega. 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 doctors and 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.

Omega is located in Nevada 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 Nevada County: Placer, Sierra, Yuba & Washoe (NV).

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

  • Nevada County     (The home county of Omega)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Omega, with the one closest to Omega listed first.
    • Washington
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Graniteville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
      • Graniteville is located in Nevada County
    • Marsh Mill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Mill
      • Marsh Mill is located in Nevada County
    • North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
      • North Bloomfield is located in Nevada County
    • Scotts Flat
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Flat
      • Scotts Flat is located in Nevada County
    • Lake City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
      • Lake City is located in Nevada County
    • Baltimore Town
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baltimore Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore Town
      • Baltimore Town is located in Nevada County
    • You Bet ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for You Bet. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
      • You Bet is located in Nevada County
    • Blue Tent
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Tent
      • Blue Tent is located in Nevada County
    • North Columbia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Columbia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Columbia
      • North Columbia is located in Nevada County
    • Meadow Lake ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • 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.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
      • Meadow Lake is located in Nevada County
    • Summit City ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
      • Summit City is located in Nevada County
    • Gold Flat
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gold Flat. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Flat
      • Gold Flat is located in Nevada County
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Omega, with the one closest to Omega listed first.
    • Clipper Mills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Oroleve
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroleve
      • Oroleve is located in Butte County
    • Evansville ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • 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.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
      • Evansville is located in Butte County
    • Forbestown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Omega, with the one closest to Omega listed first.
    • Georgetown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Quintette
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
      • Quintette is located in El Dorado County
    • Fornis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fornis
      • Fornis is located in El Dorado County
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Omega, with the one closest to Omega listed first.
    • Emigrant Gap
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Alta
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Casa Loma
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Loma
      • Casa Loma is located in Placer County
    • Dutch Flat
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Bend
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
      • Big Bend is located in Placer County
    • Gold Run
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Secret Town
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Secret Town. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret Town
      • Secret Town is located in Placer County
    • Iowa Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Last Chance ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Last Chance. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Chance
      • Last Chance is located in Placer County
    • Chicago Park ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chicago Park. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Park
      • Chicago Park is located in Placer County
    • Michigan Bluff
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bluff
      • Michigan Bluff is located in Placer County
    • Colfax
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Greekstore
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greekstore
      • Greekstore is located in Placer County
  • Plumas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Omega, with the one closest to Omega listed first.
    • La Porte
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Whitehawk
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehawk have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehawk
      • Whitehawk is located in Plumas County
    • Little Grass Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Grass Valley
      • Little Grass Valley is located in Plumas County
    • Clio
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Johnsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Plumas Eureka
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plumas Eureka have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Eureka
      • Plumas Eureka is located in Plumas County
    • Valley Ranch
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ranch
      • Valley Ranch is located in Plumas County
    • C-Road
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for C-Road
      • C-Road is located in Plumas County
    • Graeagle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Shasta County
    • Bear Valley ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 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.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
      • Bear Valley is located in Shasta County
  • Sierra County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Omega, with the one closest to Omega listed first.
    • Alleghany
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
      • Forest is located in Sierra County
    • Downieville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Loganville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Loganville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
      • Loganville is located in Sierra County
    • Goodyears Bar
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sierra City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Brandy City ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brandy City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
      • Brandy City is located in Sierra County
    • Poker Flat
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
      • Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
    • Queen City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queen City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
      • Queen City is located in Sierra County
    • Sattley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sierraville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Calpine
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Gibsonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gibsonville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
      • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Omega, with the one closest to Omega listed first.
    • Camptonville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Depot Hill ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • 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.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
      • Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
    • Garden Valley ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Garden Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
      • Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
    • Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bullards Bar. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
      • Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
    • Foster Bar ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Foster Bar. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
      • Foster Bar is located in Yuba County
    • Strawberry Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Dobbins
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Challenge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Oregon House
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Brownsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Smartville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Omega ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Omega.

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

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

  • Pioneer Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dutch Flat Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dutch Flat Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dutch Flat Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Alta
  • Alleghany Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest City Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Deer Creek Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Deer Creek Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Deer Creek Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Nevada City.
    • The Deer Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
    • New Odd Fellows Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2400769 <4>
  • Forest View Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Goodyears Bar Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Pike City Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pike City Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Pike City Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2375331 <4>
  • Downieville Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Iowa Hill Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Iowa Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Iowa Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (38 more) ...
    • Sleighville House Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sleighville House Cemetery
      • 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.<3>
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2375335 <4>
    • Sierra City Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sierra City Cemetery
      • 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.<3>
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sierra City Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Sierra City.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276304 <4>
    • Camptonville Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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.<5>

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

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

  • Maybert ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maybert have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybert
    • Maybert is located in Nevada County
  • Washington
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Emigrant Gap
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Blue Canyon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Canyon
    • Blue Canyon is located in Placer County
  • Graniteville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
    • Graniteville is located in Nevada County
  • Moore's Flat
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moore's Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Flat
    • Moore's Flat is located in Nevada County
  • North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
    • North Bloomfield is located in Nevada County
  • Alta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Towle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Towle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towle
    • Towle is located in Placer County
  • Dutch Flat
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Alleghany
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • You Bet ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for You Bet. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
    • You Bet is located in Nevada County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Cisco
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cisco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco
      • Cisco is located in Placer County
    • Gold Run
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Westville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
      • Westville is located in Placer County

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

Newspapers Published in Omega ...

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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Omega.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Omega, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Omega.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Omega:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Omega. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Nevada County: www.new.mynevadacounty.com/

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

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 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.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Omega, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Omega) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Omega. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3332, Longitude: -120.7494       In this case, the coordinates for Omega have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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