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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 Pine Grove (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 Pine Grove. 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 Pine Grove ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Pine Grove: Pine Grv.

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 hospitals 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.

Pine Grove is located in Amador 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 Amador County: Alpine, Calaveras, El Dorado, Sacramento & San Joaquin.

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

  • Amador County     (The home county of Pine Grove)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
    • Volcano
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pioneer
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Electra have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
      • Electra is located in Amador County
    • Jackson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sutter Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Fiddletown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Martell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Amador City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • River Pines
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Drytown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Plymouth
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ione
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
      • Ione is located in Amador County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
      • Former names for Ione:
      • Bedbug
      • Freeze Out
      • Hardscrabble
      • Ione City
      • Ione Valley
      • Jone City
      • Jone Valley
      • Rickeyville
      • Woosterville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
    • Carbondale ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbondale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
      • Carbondale is located in Amador County
  • Calaveras County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
    • Glencoe
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy Gulch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Gulch
      • Sandy Gulch is located in Calaveras County
    • West Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Big Bar
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
      • Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
    • Bummerville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bummerville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bummerville
      • Bummerville is located in Calaveras County
    • Wilseyville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Mokelumne Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Rail Road Flat
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountain Ranch
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • San Andreas
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Petersburg ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Petersburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
      • Petersburg has also been known as:
      • Greasertown
    • Cave City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cave City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
      • Cave City is located in Calaveras County
    • Campo Seco
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
    • Mount Aukum
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Fair Play
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Somerset
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Grizzly Flatx
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
    • Tiger Lily
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Lily
      • Tiger Lily is located in El Dorado County
    • Newtown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
      • Newtown is located in El Dorado County
    • Diamond Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • El Dorado
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Camino
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Motor City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Motor City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motor City
      • Motor City is located in El Dorado County
    • Sportsman Hall ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsman Hall
      • Sportsman Hall is located in El Dorado County
    • Euchre Diggings ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Euchre Diggings. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchre Diggings
      • Euchre Diggings is located in El Dorado County
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
    • Rancho Murieta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Sloughhouse
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • San Joaquin County
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
    • Columbia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Columbia Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
    • Martinez
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinez have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County

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

Newspapers Published in Pine Grove ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Grove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Grove, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Grove.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Pine Grove:

Cemeteries Near Pine Grove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Grove.

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

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

  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Protestant Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Protestant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Protestant Cemetery
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
  • St. Sava Servian Orthodox Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
  • Inedpendence Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Fiddletown Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • City Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Sutter Creek.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
  • New Protestant Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Protestant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Protestant Cemetery
  • Jesus Maria Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (46 more) ...
    • Andreason Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Andreason Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Andreason Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7839 <5>
    • Oak Knoll Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Knoll Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Knoll Cemetery
    • Indian Diggings Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Diggings Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Diggings Cemetery

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Pine Grove had a population of 164 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Volcano
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Rich Gulch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rich Gulch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Gulch
    • Rich Gulch is located in Calaveras County
  • Glencoe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sutter Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jackson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • West Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Mokelumne Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Fiddletown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Amador City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Rail Road Flat
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Drytown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Plymouth
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Fair Play
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Omo Ranch
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Omo Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omo Ranch
      • Omo Ranch is located in El Dorado County
    • Mountain Ranch
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

The official website for Amador County: www.co.amador.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>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- Pine Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pine Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4134, Longitude: -120.6591    
<5>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.
<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 Pine Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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