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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 Rich Gulch (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 Rich Gulch. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Rich Gulch is located in Calaveras 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 Calaveras County: Alpine, Amador, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.

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

  • Calaveras County     (The home county of Rich Gulch)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rich Gulch, with the one closest to Rich Gulch listed first.
    • Glencoe
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mokelumne Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Bar
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
    • Rail Road Flat
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Sandy Gulch
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandy Gulch is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Gulch
    • West Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Wilseyville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bummerville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Bummerville is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bummerville
    • Mountain Ranch
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • San Andreas
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Cave City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cave City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
    • Petersburg ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Petersburg has also been known as:
      • Greasertown
    • Sheep Ranch
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rich Gulch, with the one closest to Rich Gulch listed first.
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Electra is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Pine Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Volcano
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Pioneer
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jackson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Martell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Sutter Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Amador City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fiddletown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Drytown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Plymouth
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • River Pines
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ione
      (16 miles [25.7 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>
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rich Gulch, with the one closest to Rich Gulch listed first.
    • Mount Aukum
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Fair Play
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Grizzly Flatx
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Somerset
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Newtown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Newtown is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
    • Tiger Lily
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Tiger Lily is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Lily
    • El Dorado
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Diamond Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Camino
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Motor City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Motor City is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motor City
    • Euchre Diggings ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Euchre Diggings is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchre Diggings
    • Shingle Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sacramento County
  • San Joaquin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rich Gulch, with the one closest to Rich Gulch listed first.
    • Clements
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Bellota
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota
    • Lockeford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rich Gulch, with the one closest to Rich Gulch listed first.
    • Columbia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Columbia Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
    • Tuttletown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
    • Martinez
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
    • Squabbletown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
    • Cedar Ridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
    • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rawhide
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Rawhide is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
    • Greenley Oaks
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Greenley Oaks is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenley Oaks
    • Sonora
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • East Sonora
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • East Sonora is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sonora
    • Jamestown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Rock Lodge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedar Rock Lodge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock Lodge

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

Cemeteries Near Rich Gulch ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rich Gulch.

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 Rich Gulch - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Jesus Maria Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Inedpendence Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Protestant Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Mountain Ranch Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Amador Memorial Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • St. Sava Servian Orthodox Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Peoples Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (51 more) ...
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • City Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • 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 northwest)
      • 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.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Rich Gulch had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Glencoe
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Mokelumne Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Rail Road Flat
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • West Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Volcano
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jackson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Mountain Ranch
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • San Andreas
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Sutter Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sheep Ranch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Amador City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Campo Seco
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Fiddletown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Valley Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Rich Gulch ...

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 Rich Gulch.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rich Gulch, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rich Gulch.

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 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 Rich Gulch:

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 '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- Rich Gulch) 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 Rich Gulch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.