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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 Ranch House Estates (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 Ranch House Estates. 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 Ranch House Estates ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Ranch House Estates: Ranch House Ests.

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 northwest 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 north.

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 north 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.

Ranch House Estates is located in Amador 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 Amador County: Alpine, Calaveras, El Dorado, Sacramento & San Joaquin.

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

  • Amador County     (The home county of Ranch House Estates)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ranch House Estates, with the one closest to Ranch House Estates listed first.
    • Volcano
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Pine Grove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Pioneer
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Electra is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Jackson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Martell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Sutter Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Fiddletown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • River Pines
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Amador City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Drytown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Plymouth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Ione
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Ione is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
      • Former names for Ione:
      • Bedbug
      • Freeze Out
      • Hardscrabble
      • Ione City
      • Ione Valley
      • Jone City
      • Jone Valley
      • Rickeyville
      • Woosterville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
  • Calaveras County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ranch House Estates, with the one closest to Ranch House Estates listed first.
    • West Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Glencoe
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy Gulch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Sandy Gulch is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Gulch
    • Wilseyville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bummerville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Bummerville is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bummerville
    • Rail Road Flat
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Bar
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
    • Mokelumne Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Mountain Ranch
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • San Andreas
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Cave City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cave City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
    • Sheep Ranch
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Petersburg ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg has also been known as:
      • Greasertown
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ranch House Estates, with the one closest to Ranch House Estates listed first.
    • Mount Aukum
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fair Play
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Grizzly Flatx
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Somerset
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Newtown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Newtown is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
    • Tiger Lily
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Tiger Lily is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Lily
    • Diamond Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • El Dorado
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Camino
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Motor City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Motor City is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motor City
    • Sportsman Hall ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Sportsman Hall is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsman Hall
    • Euchre Diggings ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Euchre Diggings is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchre Diggings
  • Sacramento County
  • San Joaquin County
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ranch House Estates, with the one closest to Ranch House Estates listed first.
    • Columbia Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
    • Columbia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Tuttletown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
    • Martinez
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
    • Squabbletown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
    • Cedar Ridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
    • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Ranch House Estates ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ranch House Estates.

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 Ranch House Estates - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Protestant Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Amador Memorial Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Inedpendence Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jesus Maria Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Andreason Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • St. Sava Servian Orthodox Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Indian Diggings Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Fiddletown Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (48 more) ...
    • City Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is located in Sutter Creek.
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Sutter Creek.
    • New Protestant Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)

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 Ranch House Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ranch House Estates.

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

  • Volcano
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Pine Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Glencoe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • West Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Rich Gulch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Rich Gulch is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Gulch
  • Rail Road Flat
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mokelumne Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jackson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sutter Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Fiddletown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Amador City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Mountain Ranch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Omo Ranch
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Omo Ranch is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omo Ranch
    • Drytown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Plymouth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Ranch House Estates ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ranch House Estates.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ranch House Estates, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ranch House Estates.

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 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 Ranch House Estates:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ranch House Estates) 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 Ranch House Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.