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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 Richardson Springs (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 Richardson Springs. 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 Richardson Springs ...

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 Richardson Springs: Richardson Spgs. (or less commonly used: Richardson Spngs. or Richardson Sprngs.)

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Richardson Springs 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 Richardson Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Richardson Springs:

  • Butte County     (The home county of Richardson Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richardson Springs, with the one closest to Richardson Springs listed first.
    • Forest Ranch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
    • Irish Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Irish Town is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Town
    • Nimshew
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Nimshew is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimshew
    • Chico
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Chico is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,867 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chico <1>
    • De Sabla
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • De Sabla is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Sabla
    • Paradise Pines
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Paradise Pines is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Pines
    • Paradise
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Magalia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Nord ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Nord is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nord
    • Powellton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Powellton is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
    • Stirling City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Durham
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richardson Springs, with the one closest to Richardson Springs listed first.
    • Hamilton City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Capay
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Capay is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
    • Orland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Glenn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Artois
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Butte City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Afton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Afton is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
  • Plumas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richardson Springs, with the one closest to Richardson Springs listed first.
    • Storrie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Tobin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Tobin is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
    • Belden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Tehama County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richardson Springs, with the one closest to Richardson Springs listed first.
    • Vina
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Kirkwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Kirkwood is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
    • Los Molinos
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tehama
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Corning
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Gerber
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Proberta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rawson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Rawson is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson

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

Cemeteries Near Richardson Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richardson Springs.

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 Richardson Springs - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Cohasset Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Nicholl Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Chico Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chico Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Chico.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7900 <2>
  • Centerville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Forest Ranch Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mechoopda Indian Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Glen Oaks Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Paradise Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Skyway Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Coutolenc Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Durham Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Pine Creek Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northwest of Chico.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8268 <2>
  • Continue List   (36 more) ...
    • Dayton Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dayton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Dayton.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2144284 <2>
    • Clear Creek Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Vina Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Vina Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Vina.
      • The Vina Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Carter Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7884 <2>

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 Richardson Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Richardson Springs.

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

  • Forest Ranch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
  • Chico
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Chico is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,867 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chico <1>
  • Nimshew
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Nimshew is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimshew
  • Paradise
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Anita
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Anita is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
  • Nord ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Nord is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nord
  • Magalia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Lovelock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Lovelock is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelock
  • Cana
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Cana is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
  • Powellton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Powellton is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
  • Durham
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Pentz
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pentz is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentz
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Yankee Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Yankee Hill is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Hill
    • Inskip ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Inskip is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
    • Vina
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Richardson Springs ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richardson Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Richardson Springs, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Richardson Springs.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Richardson Springs:

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