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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 Peaceful Pines (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 Peaceful Pines. 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 hospitals and 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.

Peaceful Pines is located in Alpine 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 Alpine County: Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Tuolumne & Douglas (NV).

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

  • Alpine County     (The home county of Peaceful Pines)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Pines, with the one closest to Peaceful Pines listed first.
    • Lake Alpine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Alpine
      • Lake Alpine is located in Alpine County
    • Bear Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Loope ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loope
      • Loope is located in Alpine County
    • Marklee Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marklee Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklee Village
      • Marklee Village is located in Alpine County
    • Markleeville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Alpine Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alpine Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Village
      • Alpine Village is located in Alpine County
    • Woodfords
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodfords have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfords
      • Woodfords is located in Alpine County
    • Kirkwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sorensens
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorensens
      • Sorensens is located in Alpine County
    • Mesa Vista
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Vista
      • Mesa Vista is located in Alpine County
    • Paynesville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
      • Paynesville is located in Alpine County
  • Amador County
  • Calaveras County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Pines, with the one closest to Peaceful Pines listed first.
    • Big Meadow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Meadow
      • Big Meadow is located in Calaveras County
    • Big Trees Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees Village
      • Big Trees Village is located in Calaveras County
    • Camp Connell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Dorrington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Big Trees
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
      • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
  • Mono County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Pines, with the one closest to Peaceful Pines listed first.
    • Sonora Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora Junction
      • Sonora Junction is located in Mono County
    • Coleville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Walker
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Topaz
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Fales Hot Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fales Hot Springs
      • Fales Hot Springs is located in Mono County
    • Belfort ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
      • Belfort is located in Mono County
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Pines, with the one closest to Peaceful Pines listed first.
    • Dardanelle
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bumblebee
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bumblebee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumblebee
      • Bumblebee is located in Tuolumne County
    • Pinecrest
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Strawberry
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
      • Strawberry is located in Tuolumne County
    • Cold Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Long Barn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Douglas County (NV)
    • Topaz Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topaz Lake
      • Topaz Lake is located in Douglas County (NV)

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

Cemeteries Near Peaceful Pines ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Peaceful Pines.

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

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

  • Antelope Valley Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodfords Washoe Indian Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Old Woodfords Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Woodfords Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Old Woodfords Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2160446 <4>
  • Maidens Gravesite
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Clinton Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clinton Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Clinton Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Clinton Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<5> to the southwest of Belfort.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2492064 <4>
  • McMichael Family Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McMichael Family Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the McMichael Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2547975 <4>
  • Fredericksburg Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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.<6>

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

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

  • Coleville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Markleeville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Topaz
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodfords
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodfords have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfords
    • Woodfords is located in Alpine County
  • Big Trees
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
    • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County

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

Newspapers Published in Peaceful Pines ...

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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Peaceful Pines.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Peaceful Pines, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Peaceful Pines.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Peaceful Pines:

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

The official website for Alpine County: www.co.alpine.ca.us/

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Peaceful Pines) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Peaceful Pines. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4060, Longitude: -119.7893       In this case, the coordinates for Peaceful Pines have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 Peaceful Pines, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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