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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Riviera. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Riviera to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Riviera, please Contact Us.

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 Riviera (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 Riviera. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Riviera is historic, it would have been located within present day Sutter 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 Sutter County: Butte, Colusa, Placer, Sacramento, Yolo & Yuba.

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

  • Sutter County     (The home county of Riviera)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riviera, with the one closest to Riviera listed first.
    • Live Oak
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Live Oak is also located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
    • Pennington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Pennington is also located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
    • Tierra Buena
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Tierra Buena is also located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Buena
    • Sutter
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Yuba City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • South Yuba City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • South Yuba City is also located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
    • Bogue
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Bogue is also located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
    • Tarke
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Tarke is also located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
    • Meridian
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Marcuse ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Marcuse was located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
    • Rio Oso
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Nicolas
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riviera, with the one closest to Riviera listed first.
    • Gridley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Peachton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Peachton is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachton
    • Robinsons Corner
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Robinsons Corner is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Corner
    • Honcut
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • East Biggs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • East Biggs is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Biggs
    • Bigg's
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Lorraine ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Lorraine was located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
    • Palermo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Oroville Junction
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Oroville Junction is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroville Junction
    • Richvale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Bangor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • South Oroville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • South Oroville is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Oroville
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riviera, with the one closest to Riviera listed first.
    • Grimes
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Colusa Rancheria
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Colusa Rancheria is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colusa Rancheria
    • Colusa
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Princeton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • College City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Williams
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Arbuckle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Genevra
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Genevra is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genevra
    • Maxwell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Harrington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Harrington is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riviera, with the one closest to Riviera listed first.
    • Afton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Afton is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
    • Butte City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Glenn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riviera, with the one closest to Riviera listed first.
    • Bridgeport
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Bridgeport is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Lake Wildwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Lake Wildwood is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wildwood
    • Penn Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Birchville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Birchville is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchville
    • Rough and Ready
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Bitney Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Bitney Corner is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitney Corner
    • Newtown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Newtown is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
    • North San Juan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Placer County
  • Santa Cruz County
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Riviera, with the one closest to Riviera listed first.
    • Iowa City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Iowa City is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
    • Binney Junction
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
    • Marysville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Dantoni
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Dantoni is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantoni
    • Loma Rica
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica
    • Linda
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Browns Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Alicia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Alicia is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
    • Olivehurst
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ostrom ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Ostrom was located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrom
    • Timbuctoo ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Timbuctoo was located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuctoo
    • Rackerby
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Riviera ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riviera.

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

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

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

  • Live Oak Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Gridley - Biggs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • 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<3> 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 <4>
  • North Butte Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pugh Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sutter Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Joseph's Catholic Historical Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Marysville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Marysville Jewish Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Honcut Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Hamilton Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Yuba City Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Stohlman Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (47 more) ...
    • Memorial Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Browns Valley Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Peoria Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)

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.

While we didn't find Riviera in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riviera.

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

  • Live Oak
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Live Oak is also located in Sutter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
  • Gridley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lomo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lomo is also located in Sutter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomo
  • Honcut
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Honcut is located in Yuba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honcut
  • Ramirez
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Ramirez is located in Yuba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramirez
  • Honcut
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Pennington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Pennington is also located in Sutter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
  • Bigg's
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Binney Junction
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
  • Yuba City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Marysville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Palermo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Browns Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Bangor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wyandotte
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Wyandotte is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte

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

Newspapers Published in Riviera ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riviera.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riviera, 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 Riviera.

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 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 Riviera:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Riviera, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- Riviera) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.