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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 Riceton (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 Riceton. 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 northwest 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 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.

Riceton is located in Butte 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 Butte County: Colusa, Glenn, Plumas, Sutter, Tehama & Yuba.

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

  • Butte County     (The home county of Riceton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riceton, with the one closest to Riceton listed first.
    • Bigg's
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Richvale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lorraine ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Lorraine is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
    • East Biggs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • East Biggs is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Biggs
    • Oroville Junction
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Oroville Junction is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroville Junction
    • Peachton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Peachton is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachton
    • Gridley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Nelson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Thermalito
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Thermalito is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermalito
    • Robinsons Corner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Robinsons Corner is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Corner
    • South Oroville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • South Oroville is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Oroville
    • Oroville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lynchburg ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Lynchburg is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riceton, with the one closest to Riceton listed first.
    • Princeton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Colusa Rancheria
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Colusa Rancheria is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colusa Rancheria
    • Colusa
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Grimes
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Maxwell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Williams
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riceton, with the one closest to Riceton listed first.
    • Afton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Afton is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
    • Butte City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Glenn
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Hamilton City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Willows
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Artois
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Capay
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Capay is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
  • Nevada County
    • Bridgeport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Bridgeport is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
  • Santa Cruz County
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riceton, with the one closest to Riceton listed first.
    • Pennington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Pennington is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
    • Live Oak
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
    • Sutter
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Tierra Buena
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Tierra Buena is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Buena
    • Tarke
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Tarke is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
    • Yuba City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • South Yuba City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • South Yuba City is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
    • Meridian
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Bogue
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Bogue is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riceton, with the one closest to Riceton listed first.
    • Iowa City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Iowa City is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
    • Loma Rica
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica
    • Rackerby
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Binney Junction
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
    • Marysville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Browns Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Dantoni
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Dantoni is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantoni
    • Brownsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Linda
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Oregon House
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Alicia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Alicia is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
    • Challenge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Olivehurst
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Riceton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riceton.

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 Riceton - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Hamilton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Gridley - Biggs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley - Biggs Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gridley - Biggs Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Gridley.
    • The Gridley - Biggs Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Biggs Cemetery
    • Live Oak Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8006 <3>
  • Nelson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Oroville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Mound Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Oroville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8154 <3>
  • Butte County Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • North Butte Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Thompson Flat Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Live Oak Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Butte City Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (50 more) ...
    • Marvin Chapel Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Pugh Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Oregon City Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 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 Riceton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riceton.

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

  • Bigg's
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Gridley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Nelson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Oroville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Palermo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Pennington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Pennington is located in Sutter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
  • Live Oak
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
  • Honcut
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Honcut is located in Yuba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honcut
  • Honcut
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Wyandotte
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Wyandotte is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
  • Afton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Afton is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
  • Durham
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Butte City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Lomo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Lomo is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomo
    • Ramirez
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ramirez is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramirez

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

Newspapers Published in Riceton ...

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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riceton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riceton, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Riceton.

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 Riceton:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Riceton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Riceton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.