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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 have occurred.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Ranch House Estates is located in Amador 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 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Electra have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
      • Electra is located in Amador County
    • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
      • Ione is located in Amador County
      • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Gulch
      • Sandy Gulch is located in Calaveras County
    • Wilseyville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bummerville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bummerville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bummerville
      • Bummerville is located in Calaveras County
    • Rail Road Flat
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Bar
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
      • Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cave City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
      • Cave City is located in Calaveras County
    • Sheep Ranch
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Petersburg ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Petersburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
      • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
    • Newtown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
      • Newtown is located in El Dorado County
    • Tiger Lily
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Lily
      • Tiger Lily is located in El Dorado County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Motor City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motor City
      • Motor City is located in El Dorado County
    • Sportsman Hall ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsman Hall
      • Sportsman Hall is located in El Dorado County
    • Euchre Diggings ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Euchre Diggings. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchre Diggings
      • Euchre Diggings is located in El Dorado County
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
    • Columbia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Tuttletown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
      • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
    • Martinez
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinez have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
    • Squabbletown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squabbletown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
      • Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
    • Cedar Ridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
      • Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
    • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ranch House Estates, see our County-by-County Page for 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]<4>. 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 professional and volunteer 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:

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.

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 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic Cemetery
  • Protestant Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Protestant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Protestant Cemetery
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Andreason Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Andreason Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7839 <5>
  • St. Sava Servian Orthodox Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
  • Indian Diggings Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Diggings Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Diggings Cemetery
  • Fiddletown Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • City Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (45 more) ...
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Sutter Creek.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
    • New Protestant Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Protestant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Protestant Cemetery
    • Oak Knoll Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Knoll Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Knoll Cemetery

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>

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rich Gulch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Gulch
    • Rich Gulch is located in Calaveras County
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Omo Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omo Ranch
      • Omo Ranch is located in El Dorado County
    • 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.

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

The official website for Amador County: www.co.amador.ca.us/

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

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 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.
<3>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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Ranch House Estates) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ranch House Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4063, Longitude: -120.6191       In this case, the coordinates for Ranch House Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Ranch House Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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