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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 Pape Place (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 Pape Place. 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 Pape Place ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Pape Place: Pape Pl. (or less commonly used: Pape Plc.)

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Pape Place is located in Tehama 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 Tehama County: Butte, Glenn, Mendocino, Plumas, Shasta & Trinity.

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

  • Tehama County     (The home county of Pape Place)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pape Place, with the one closest to Pape Place listed first.
    • Dantuma Place
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Dantuma Place is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantuma Place
    • Paynes Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mineral
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Dales
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Dales is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales
    • Manton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Mill Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Los Molinos
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Gerber
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Tehama
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Proberta
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Vina
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rawson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Rawson is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pape Place, with the one closest to Pape Place listed first.
    • Butte Meadows
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Inskip ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Inskip is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
    • Powellton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Powellton is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
    • Forest Ranch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
    • De Sabla
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • De Sabla is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Sabla
    • Stirling City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Nimshew
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Nimshew is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimshew
    • Paradise Pines
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Paradise Pines is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Pines
    • Irish Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Irish Town is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Town
    • Magalia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Nord ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Nord is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nord
    • Paradise
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Glenn County
    • Capay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Capay is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
  • Plumas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pape Place, with the one closest to Pape Place listed first.
    • Longville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Longville is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
    • Storrie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Tobin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Tobin is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
  • Shasta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pape Place, with the one closest to Pape Place listed first.
    • Shingletown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Midway
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Midway is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Viola ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Viola is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
    • Inwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Inwood is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
    • Battle Creek ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Battle Creek is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
    • Clarkville ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Clarkville is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkville
    • Balls Ferry ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Balls Ferry is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
    • Fleaville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Fleaville is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
    • Manzanita Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Manzanita Lake is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manzanita Lake
    • Parkville ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Parkville is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
    • Cottonwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Pape Place ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pape Place.

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 Pape Place - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Cameron - Davis Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Butte Meadows Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Vina Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Vina Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Vina.
    • The Vina Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Carter Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7884 <3>
  • Cohasset Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Inskip Pioneer Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Tehama Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tehama Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tehama Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Tehama.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8399 <3>
  • Forest Ranch Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Plateau Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Klotz Family Pioneer Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Pine Creek Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northwest of Chico.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8268 <3>
  • Coutolenc Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (17 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 Pape Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pape Place.

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

  • Lyonsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Lyonsville is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
  • Paynes Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Butte Meadows
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Manton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Inskip ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Inskip is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
  • Tehama
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Proberta
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Powellton
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Powellton is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
  • Vina
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Forest Ranch
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
  • Rawson
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Rawson is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
  • Shingletown
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Lovelock
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lovelock is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelock
    • Red Bluff
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Richfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Richfield is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield

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

Newspapers Published in Pape Place ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pape Place.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pape Place, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pape Place.

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 either 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 Pape Place:

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>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- Pape Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Pape Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.