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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Quaker Hill. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Quaker Hill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Quaker Hill, please Contact Us.

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 Quaker Hill (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 Quaker Hill. 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 and doctors 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Quaker Hill is historic, it would have been located within present day Nevada 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 Nevada County: Placer, Sierra, Yuba & Washoe (NV).

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

  • Nevada County     (The home county of Quaker Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quaker Hill, with the one closest to Quaker Hill listed first.
    • Scotts Flat
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Scotts Flat is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Flat
    • You Bet ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • You Bet is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
    • Blue Tent
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Blue Tent is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Tent
    • Nevada City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Lake City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Lake City is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • Gold Flat
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Gold Flat is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Flat
    • North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • North Bloomfield is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
    • Cedar Ridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Kres
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Kres is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kres
    • Glenbrook
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
    • Nevada City Rancheria
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Spring Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Spring Hill is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Chicago Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quaker Hill, with the one closest to Quaker Hill listed first.
    • Clipper Mills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Oroleve
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Oroleve is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroleve
    • Evansville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Evansville is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
    • Forbestown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Robinson Mill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Robinson Mill is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
    • Lumpkin ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lumpkin is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
    • Bangor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Feather Falls
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quaker Hill, with the one closest to Quaker Hill listed first.
    • Georgetown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Fornis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Fornis is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fornis
    • Greenwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Cool
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Quintette
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Quintette is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
    • Garden Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Pilot Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quaker Hill, with the one closest to Quaker Hill listed first.
    • Dutch Flat
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Alta
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gold Run
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Secret Town
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Secret Town is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret Town
    • Casa Loma
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Casa Loma is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Loma
    • Chicago Park ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Chicago Park is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Park
    • Iowa Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Colfax
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Emigrant Gap
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Weimar
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Yankee Jims
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
    • Foresthill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Michigan Bluff
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Michigan Bluff is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bluff
  • Plumas County
  • Shasta County
    • Bear Valley ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Bear Valley is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
  • Sierra County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quaker Hill, with the one closest to Quaker Hill listed first.
    • Alleghany
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Forest
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Forest is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Goodyears Bar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Brandy City ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Brandy City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
    • Downieville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Loganville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Loganville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
    • Sierra City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Queen City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Queen City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
    • Poker Flat
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Quaker Hill, with the one closest to Quaker Hill listed first.
    • Camptonville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Garden Valley ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
    • Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
    • Foster Bar ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Foster Bar is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
    • Dobbins
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Depot Hill ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
    • Oregon House
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Smartville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Timbuctoo ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Timbuctoo is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuctoo
    • Challenge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Strawberry Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Brownsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Browns Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Quaker Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Quaker Hill.

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 Quaker Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pioneer Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Dutch Flat Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Flat Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dutch Flat Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Alta
  • Deer Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Deer Creek Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Nevada City.
    • The Deer Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
    • New Odd Fellows Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2400769 <3>
  • Forest View Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Elm Ridge Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Iowa Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Colfax Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (47 more) ...

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.

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

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

  • You Bet ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • You Bet is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
  • Dutch Flat
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Nevada City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Buena Vista ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Buena Vista is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
  • Gold Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Alta
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Glenbrook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
  • Kres
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Kres is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kres
  • Towle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Towle is located in Placer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towle
  • North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • North Bloomfield is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
  • Union Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Hill is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
  • Chicago Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Washington
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • North Columbia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • North Columbia is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Columbia
    • Blue Canyon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Blue Canyon is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Canyon

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

Newspapers Published in Quaker Hill ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Quaker Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Quaker Hill, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Quaker Hill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Quaker Hill:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Quaker Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Quaker Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.