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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Plumas Eureka (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 Plumas Eureka. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

Plumas Eureka is located in Plumas 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 Plumas County: Butte, Lassen, Shasta, Sierra, Tehama & Yuba.

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

  • Plumas County     (The home county of Plumas Eureka)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Plumas Eureka, with the one closest to Plumas Eureka listed first.
    • Johnsville
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Graeagle
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Mohawk
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Mohawk is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
    • Blairsden
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • C-Road
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • C-Road is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for C-Road
    • Clio
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mohawk Vista
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Mohawk Vista is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Vista
    • Valley Ranch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Valley Ranch is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ranch
    • Cromberg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Whitehawk
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Whitehawk is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehawk
    • Greenhorn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Greenhorn is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
    • Spring Garden
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Garden is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Plumas Eureka, with the one closest to Plumas Eureka listed first.
    • Clipper Mills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lumpkin ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Lumpkin is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
    • Oroleve
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Oroleve is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroleve
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Plumas Eureka, with the one closest to Plumas Eureka listed first.
    • Marsh Mill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Marsh Mill is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Mill
    • Graniteville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Graniteville is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
    • Meadow Lake ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Meadow Lake is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
    • Summit City ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Summit City is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
    • Baltimore Town
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Baltimore Town is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore Town
    • North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • North Bloomfield is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
    • Washington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Lake City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake City is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • North Columbia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • North Columbia is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Columbia
  • Sierra County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Plumas Eureka, with the one closest to Plumas Eureka listed first.
    • Poker Flat
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
    • Gibsonville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
    • Loganville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Loganville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
    • Sierra City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Queen City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Queen City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
    • Calpine
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Downieville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sattley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Goodyears Bar
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Forest is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Alleghany
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Sierraville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Plumas Eureka, with the one closest to Plumas Eureka listed first.
    • Depot Hill ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
    • Strawberry Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Camptonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Garden Valley ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley

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

Cemeteries Near Plumas Eureka ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Plumas Eureka.

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 Plumas Eureka - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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

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

  • Johnsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Mohawk
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Mohawk is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
  • Cromberg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Gibsonville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
  • Saint Louis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Saint Louis is located in Sierra County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis
  • Sierra City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • La Porte
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Downieville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Goodyears Bar
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sattley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Quincy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Scales ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Scales is located in Sierra County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scales
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Genesee ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Genesee is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee
    • Alleghany
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Graniteville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Graniteville is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville

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

Newspapers Published in Plumas Eureka ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Plumas Eureka.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Plumas Eureka, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Plumas Eureka.

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 helpful 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 Plumas Eureka:

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 'straight-line' (or 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- Plumas Eureka) 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 Plumas Eureka, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.