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Introduction ...

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

We've added Rowes to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rowes, 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 Rowes (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 Rowes. 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 Rowes ...

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 have occurred.

While the name of this community is Rowes, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Rowes may originally have been Rowe's.

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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Rowes is historic, it would have been located within present day Mendocino County.

To see how the shape of California's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mendocino County: Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Sonoma, Tehama & Trinity.

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

  • Mendocino County     (The home county of Rowes)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rowes, with the one closest to Rowes listed first.
    • Soda Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Soda Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
      • Soda Springs is located in Mendocino County
    • Shake City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shake City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shake City
      • Shake City is located in Mendocino County
    • Willits
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Laytonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Dos Rios
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Branscomb
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Orrs Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs Springs
      • Orrs Springs is located in Mendocino County
    • Comptche
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Redwood Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Potter Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Inglenook
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglenook
      • Inglenook is located in Mendocino County
    • Calpella
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake County
    • Witter Springs ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Witter Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witter Springs
      • Witter Springs is located in Lake County

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

Cemeteries Near Rowes ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rowes.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Willits Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willits Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willits Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Little Lake Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Laytonville Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laytonville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laytonville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Inglenook Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Inglenook Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Inglenook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Potter Valley Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Potter Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Potter Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Newport Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newport Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Newport Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rose Memorial Park Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Noyo Point Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Noyo Point Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Noyo Point Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Fort Bragg.
    • The Noyo Point Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mariners Cemetery
    • Noyo River Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2361755 <6>
  • Pinoleville Rancheria Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillcrest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Ukiah Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ukiah Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ukiah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hulls Grave
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hulls Grave
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hulls Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Willits
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hearst
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hearst have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearst
    • Hearst is located in Mendocino County
  • Laytonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Comptche
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Potter Valley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Inglenook
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglenook
    • Inglenook is located in Mendocino County
  • Calpella
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Pomo
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pomo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomo
    • Pomo is located in Mendocino County
  • Cleone
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleone have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleone
    • Cleone is located in Mendocino County
  • Fort Bragg
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Noyo
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Noyo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noyo
    • Noyo is located in Mendocino County
  • Westport
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Rowes ...

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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rowes.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rowes, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rowes.

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 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 Rowes:

The official website for Mendocino County: www.co.mendocino.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

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 Rowes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 from Point A (ie- Rowes) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rowes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4807, Longitude: -123.4070       In this case, the coordinates for Rowes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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