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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 Poffenbergers Landing (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 Poffenbergers Landing. 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 Poffenbergers Landing ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Poffenbergers Landing: Poffenbergers Lndg. (or less commonly used: Poffenbergers Lndng.)
  • While the name of this community is Poffenbergers Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Poffenbergers Landing may originally have been Poffenberger's Landing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Poffenbergers Landing might be written as Poffenberger Landing.

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 southeast 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 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.

Poffenbergers Landing is located in Sutter 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 Sutter County: Butte, Colusa, Placer, Sacramento, Yolo & Yuba.

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

  • Sutter County     (The home county of Poffenbergers Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poffenbergers Landing, with the one closest to Poffenbergers Landing listed first.
    • Robbins
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Marcuse ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
    • Nicolas
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Nicolaus
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Meridian
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Tarke
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Tarke is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
    • Rio Oso
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Bogue
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Bogue is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
    • South Yuba City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • South Yuba City is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
    • Sutter
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Tierra Buena
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Tierra Buena is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Buena
    • Yuba City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Butte County
    • Gridley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poffenbergers Landing, with the one closest to Poffenbergers Landing listed first.
    • Grimes
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • College City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Harrington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Harrington is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
    • Arbuckle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Genevra
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Genevra is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genevra
    • Colusa
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Williams
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Colusa Rancheria
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Colusa Rancheria is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colusa Rancheria
    • Maxwell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poffenbergers Landing, with the one closest to Poffenbergers Landing listed first.
    • Riego
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Riego is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riego
    • Sheridan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Clayton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Clayton is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
    • Lincoln
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Whitney ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Whitney is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poffenbergers Landing, with the one closest to Poffenbergers Landing listed first.
    • Elverta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Rio Linda
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Antelope
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sabre City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sabre City is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabre City
    • North Highlands
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sacramento
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Santa Cruz County
  • Yolo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poffenbergers Landing, with the one closest to Poffenbergers Landing listed first.
    • Dunnigan
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hershey
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Hershey is located in Yolo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershey
    • Zamora
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Knights Landing
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Yolo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Woodland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Capay
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Esparto
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Madison
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Guinda
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Brooks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rumsey
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Plainfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Plainfield is located in Yolo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Poffenbergers Landing, with the one closest to Poffenbergers Landing listed first.
    • Plumas Landing ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Plumas Landing is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Landing
    • Alicia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Alicia is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
    • Olivehurst
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Binney Junction
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
    • Linda
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Marysville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Ostrom ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Ostrom is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrom
    • Wheatland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Dantoni
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Dantoni is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantoni
    • Browns Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Iowa City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Iowa City is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City

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

Cemeteries Near Poffenbergers Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Poffenbergers Landing.

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 Poffenbergers Landing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Johns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Knights Landing Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mary's Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Grand Island Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cacheville Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cacheville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cacheville Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Yolo.
    • The Cacheville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Yolo Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2344398 <3>
  • Arbuckle Catholic Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Arbuckle Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Arbuckle.
  • Arbuckle Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Arbuckle Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Arbuckle.
  • Meridian Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Nicolaus Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Stohlman Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Sutter Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (30 more) ...
    • Gordon Family Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • The Gordon Family Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Family Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gordon Family Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> to the west of Woodland.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2414016 <3>
    • Yuba City Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Monument Hill Memorial Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Cranmore
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cranmore is located in Sutter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranmore
  • Dunnigan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Grand Island
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Grand Island is located in Colusa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Island
  • Grimes
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • College City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Harrington is located in Colusa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
  • Knights Landing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Marcuse ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
  • Nicolas
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Arbuckle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Meridian
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Yolo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Sycamore
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Sycamore is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Genevra
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Genevra is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genevra
    • Yuba City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Poffenbergers Landing ...

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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Poffenbergers Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Poffenbergers Landing, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Poffenbergers Landing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Poffenbergers Landing:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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- Poffenbergers Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Poffenbergers Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.