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 Rampart (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 Rampart. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Rampart is located in Placer 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 Placer County: El Dorado, Nevada, Sacramento, Sutter, Yuba, Carson City (NV), Douglas (NV) & Washoe (NV).
Below are the counties that are near Rampart. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rampart:
- Placer County (The home county of Rampart)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rampart, with the one closest to Rampart listed first.
- Tahoe City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dollar Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dollar Point is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar Point
- Lake Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Forest is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Forest
- Tahoe Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tahoe Pines is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoe Pines
- Homewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carnelian Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tahoma Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tahoma Meadows is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoma Meadows
- Tahoe Vista
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brockway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Soda Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Soda Springs is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
- Andover ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Andover is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Alpine County
- Sorensens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sorensens is located in Alpine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorensens
- El Dorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rampart, with the one closest to Rampart listed first.
- Tahoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Al Tahoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Al Tahoe is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Al Tahoe
- South Lake Tahoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tallac Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tallac Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallac Village
- Fallen Leaf
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Echo Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Phillips
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Phillips is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
- Twin Bridges
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Strawberry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kyburz
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- White Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- White Hall is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Riverton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riverton is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Nevada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rampart, with the one closest to Rampart listed first.
- Truckee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Polaris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Polaris is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polaris
- Donner Lake Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Donner Lake Village is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner Lake Village
- Donner Lake Village has also been known as:
- Donner Lake
- Donner Woods
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Donner Woods is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner Woods
- Prosser Lake Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Prosser Lake Heights is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosser Lake Heights
- Norden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Soda Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bronco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bronco is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Floriston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kingvale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kingvale is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingvale
- Mystic ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mystic is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Baltimore Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Baltimore Town is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore Town
- Shasta County
- Bear Valley ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bear Valley is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Sierra County
- Calvada ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Calvada is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvada
- Carson City (NV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rampart, with the one closest to Rampart listed first.
- Lakeview Summit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Summit is located in Carson City (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Summit
- Carson City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Empire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Empire is located in Carson City (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- New Empire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Empire is located in Carson City (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Empire
- Douglas County (NV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rampart, with the one closest to Rampart listed first.
- Glenbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Park is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Skyland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Skyland is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyland
- Zephyr Cove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edgewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Edgewood is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Stateline
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tahoe Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tahoe Village is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoe Village
- Kingsbury Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsbury Village is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury Village
- Kingsbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsbury is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Genoa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Village is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village
- Indian Hills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Indian Hills is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Lyon County (NV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rampart, with the one closest to Rampart listed first.
- Mound House
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Eureka ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Lyon County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Silver City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Silver City is located in Lyon County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Johntown ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Johntown is located in Lyon County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johntown
- Storey County (NV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rampart, with the one closest to Rampart listed first.
- American City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- American City is located in Storey County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American City
- American Flat ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- American Flat is located in Storey County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Flat
- Gold Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gold Hill is located in Storey County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Virginia City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Washoe County (NV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rampart, with the one closest to Rampart listed first.
- Crystal Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Incline Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tyrolian Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tyrolian Village is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrolian Village
- Bronco ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bronco is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Bronco has also been known as:
- Bronca
- Franktown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Franktown is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franktown
- Ophir City ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ophir City is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir City
- Sundown Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sundown Town is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown Town
- Washoe City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Washoe City is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washoe City
- Galena ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Galena is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- New Washoe City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Verdi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rampart, see our County-by-County Page for Rampart.
Cemeteries Near Rampart ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rampart.
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 Rampart - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rampart covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rampart, with the one closest to Rampart listed first.
- Truckee Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Glenbrook Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Al Tahoe Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jacks Valley Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Happy Homestead Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson - Springmeyer Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Franktown Creek Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franktown Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Franktown Creek Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Washoe City (NV).
- The Franktown Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Franktown Cemetery
- Heidekreichs Franktown Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83932 <2>
- Bowers Mansion Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Genoa Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Genoa Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Genoa (NV).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83934 <2>
- Carson Pioneer Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stewart Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Stewart Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Carson City (NV).
- The Stewart Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ormsby Poor Farm Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2180464 <2>
- Old Stewart Indian Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Stewart Indian Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Stewart Indian Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Carson City (NV).
- The Old Stewart Indian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dat So La Lee Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2246782 <2>
- Continue List (29 more) ...
- Waltons Chapel of the Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lone Mtn. Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mtn. Cemetery
- The Lone Mtn. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Carson City Cemetery
- St. Theresa Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #83945 <2>
- Washoe City Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Rampart in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rampart.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rampart, with the one closest to Rampart listed first.
- Tahoe City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Truckee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Glenbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Incline Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Emerald Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Emerald Bay is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Bay
- Boca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Boca is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boca
- Hobart ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hobart is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Bronco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bronco is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Floriston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tallac Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Tallac Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallac Village
- Lake Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Valley is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Valley
- Bijou
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bijou is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bijou
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Franktown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Franktown is located in Washoe County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franktown
- Genoa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mystic ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mystic is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rampart. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rampart.
Newspapers Published in Rampart ...
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 Rampart.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rampart, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rampart.
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 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 Rampart:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Placer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alpine County
- El Dorado County
- Nevada County
- Shasta County
- Sierra County
- Carson City
- Douglas County
- Lyon County
- Storey County
- Washoe County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
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 from Point A (ie- Rampart) 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 Rampart, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |