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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 Rogerville (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 Rogerville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

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

  • Butte County     (The home county of Rogerville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogerville, with the one closest to Rogerville listed first.
    • Lumpkin ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Lumpkin was located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
    • Feather Falls
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Evansville ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Evansville was located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
    • Forbestown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Clipper Mills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Oroleve
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Oroleve is also located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroleve
    • Brush Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Brush Creek is also located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
    • Robinson Mill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Robinson Mill is also located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
    • Berry Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Merrimac
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Merrimac is also located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
    • South Fork ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • South Fork was located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
    • Bidwell Bar ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Bidwell Bar was located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell Bar
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogerville, with the one closest to Rogerville listed first.
    • North San Juan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Birchville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Birchville is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchville
    • North Columbia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • North Columbia is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Columbia
    • Bridgeport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Bridgeport is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Lake City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake City is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • Blue Tent
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Blue Tent is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Tent
    • North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • North Bloomfield was located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
    • Newtown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Newtown is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
    • Nevada City Rancheria
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bitney Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Bitney Corner is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitney Corner
    • Lake Wildwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Lake Wildwood is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wildwood
    • Nevada City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Plumas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogerville, with the one closest to Rogerville listed first.
    • La Porte
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Little Grass Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Little Grass Valley is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Grass Valley
    • Bucks Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Bucks Lake is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Lake
    • Storrie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Meadow Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Tobin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Tobin is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
    • Silver Creek ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Silver Creek was located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
    • Spanish Ranch
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Spanish Ranch is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Ranch
    • Quincy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Belden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Rich Bar ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Rich Bar was located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Bar
    • East Quincy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • East Quincy is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Quincy
  • Sierra County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogerville, with the one closest to Rogerville listed first.
    • Brandy City ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Brandy City was located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
    • Queen City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Queen City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
    • Goodyears Bar
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Gibsonville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
    • Poker Flat
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
    • Downieville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Forest
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Forest is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Alleghany
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Loganville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Loganville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogerville, with the one closest to Rogerville listed first.
    • Strawberry Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Challenge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Brownsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Depot Hill ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Depot Hill was located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
    • Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Bullards Bar was located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
    • Foster Bar ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Foster Bar was located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
    • Garden Valley ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Garden Valley was located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
    • Rackerby
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Camptonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Dobbins
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Oregon House
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Loma Rica
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica

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

Cemeteries Near Rogerville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rogerville.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Lumpkin ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lumpkin was located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
  • Forbestown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Clipper Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Strawberry Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Brush Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Brush Creek is also located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
  • Enterprise ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Enterprise was located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Brownsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Hurleton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hurleton is also located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurleton
  • Merrimac
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Merrimac is also located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
  • Scales ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Scales was located in Sierra County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scales
  • Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Bullards Bar was located in Yuba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
  • La Porte
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Camptonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Bend
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Big Bend is also located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
    • Wyandotte
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Wyandotte is also 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 Rogerville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rogerville.

Newspapers Published in Rogerville ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rogerville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rogerville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rogerville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Rogerville:

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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rogerville) 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 Rogerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.