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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 Prattville (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 Prattville. 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 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.

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

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

  • Plumas County     (The home county of Prattville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prattville, with the one closest to Prattville listed first.
    • Lake Almanor Country Club
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Almanor Country Club have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Almanor Country Club
      • Lake Almanor Country Club is located in Plumas County
    • Lake Almanor West
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Almanor West
      • Lake Almanor West is located in Plumas County
      • Lake Almanor West has also been known as:
      • Almanor West
    • Lake Almanor Peninsula
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Peninsula Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • East Shore
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Shore
      • East Shore is located in Plumas County
    • Hamilton Branch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Almanor
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Almanor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almanor
      • Almanor is located in Plumas County
    • Canyondam
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Longville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
      • Longville is located in Plumas County
    • Chester
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Seneca ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seneca have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
      • Seneca is located in Plumas County
    • Caribou
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
      • Caribou is located in Plumas County
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prattville, with the one closest to Prattville listed first.
    • Butte Meadows
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Inskip ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inskip have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
      • Inskip is located in Butte County
    • Stirling City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Powellton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powellton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
      • Powellton is located in Butte County
  • Lassen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prattville, with the one closest to Prattville listed first.
    • Peninsula Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peninsula Village
      • Peninsula Village is located in Lassen County
    • Pine Town
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Town
      • Pine Town is located in Lassen County
    • Westwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Susanville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Tehama County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prattville, with the one closest to Prattville listed first.
    • Mill Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Mineral
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Prattville ...

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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prattville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Prattville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Prattville.

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 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 Prattville:

Cemeteries Near Prattville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prattville.

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

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

  • Prattville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Prattville Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prattville Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1991780 <5>
  • Humbug Valley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Humbug Valley Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north of Chester.
    • The Humbug Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Dotta Cemetery
    • Dotta Family Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Humbug Valley Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2192289 <5>
  • Big Flat Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Big Flat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Big Flat Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7857 <5>
  • Chester Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenville District Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Westwood Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Crescent Mills Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • North Valley Indian Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the North Valley Indian Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Valley Indian Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2257639 <5>
  • Meadow Valley Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Taylorsville Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Taylorsville Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Taylorsville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Taylorsville.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylorsville Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1991783 <5>
  • Indian Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
  • Plumas County Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Butte Meadows Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Butte Meadows Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Butte Meadows Cemetery
    • Quincy Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Qunicy Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)

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 Prattville had a population of 239 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Longville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
    • Longville is located in Plumas County
  • Greenville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Crescent Mills
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Spanish Ranch
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spanish Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Ranch
    • Spanish Ranch is located in Plumas County
  • Taylorsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Meadow Valley
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Quincy
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Butte Meadows
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Genesee ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Genesee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee
    • Genesee is located in Plumas County
  • Inskip ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inskip have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
    • Inskip is located in Butte County
  • Powellton
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powellton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
    • Powellton is located in Butte County

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

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

The official website for Plumas County: www.countyofplumas.com/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Prattville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prattville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2093, Longitude: -121.1580    
<4>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.
<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 Prattville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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