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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 Sherman (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 Sherman. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Sherman is located in Shasta 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 Shasta County: Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Siskiyou, Tehama & Trinity.

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

  • Shasta County     (The home county of Sherman)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherman, with the one closest to Sherman listed first.
    • Heroult ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Heroult. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heroult
      • Heroult is located in Shasta County
    • Copper City ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Copper City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
      • Copper City is located in Shasta County
    • Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elizabethtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
      • Elizabethtown is located in Shasta County
    • Ydaloom ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ydaloom have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ydaloom
      • Ydaloom is located in Shasta County
    • Bayha
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayha have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayha
      • Bayha is located in Shasta County
    • McColl ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McColl have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McColl
      • McColl is located in Shasta County
    • Mountain Gate
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Gate
      • Mountain Gate is located in Shasta County
      • Former names for Mountain Gate:
      • Bass
      • Fish's Station
    • Bully Hill ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bully Hill
      • Bully Hill is located in Shasta County
    • Bella Vista
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Baird ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baird have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
      • Baird is located in Shasta County
    • Pine Grove ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
      • Pine Grove is located in Shasta County
    • Shasta Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shasta Lake
      • Shasta Lake is located in Shasta County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,379 people
      • Former names for Shasta Lake:
      • Boomtown
      • Central Valley
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shasta Lake <3>
  • Tehama County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherman, with the one closest to Sherman listed first.
    • Manton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hooker
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
      • Hooker is located in Tehama County
    • Dales
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales
      • Dales is located in Tehama County
  • Trinity County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sherman, with the one closest to Sherman listed first.
    • Deadwood ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deadwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood
      • Deadwood is located in Trinity County
    • Lewiston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Minersville ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
      • Minersville is located in Trinity County
    • Trinity Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Sherman ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sherman.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sherman, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sherman.

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 helpful 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 Sherman:

Cemeteries Near Sherman ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sherman.

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 Sherman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Houston Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Central Valley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Churntown Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Buckeye Pioneer Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Redding Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lawncrest Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
  • Millville IOOF Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Oak Run Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Oak Run Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Run Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244289 <5>
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
  • Continue List   (32 more) ...
    • Bates Pioneer Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bates Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bates Pioneer Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1988777 <5>
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Shasta Catholic Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Shasta Catholic Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shasta Catholic Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2354998 <5>

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.<6>

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

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

  • Ydaloom ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ydaloom have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ydaloom
    • Ydaloom is located in Shasta County
  • Baird ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baird have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
    • Baird is located in Shasta County
  • Morley ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
    • Morley is located in Shasta County
  • Kennett ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennett
    • Kennett is located in Shasta County
  • Buckeye
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
    • Buckeye is located in Shasta County
  • Mabel ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mabel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
    • Mabel is located in Shasta County
  • Hart ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hart have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
    • Hart is located in Shasta County
    • Hart has also been known as:
    • Hart Village
    • Hart's Camp
  • Elmore ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
    • Elmore is located in Shasta County
  • Copley ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copley
    • Copley is located in Shasta County
    • Former name for Copley:
    • Motion
  • Redding
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Millville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Oak Run
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Waugh ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waugh have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
      • Waugh is located in Shasta County
    • Shasta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Girvan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Girvan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girvan
      • Girvan is located in Shasta County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sherman. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Shasta County: www.co.shasta.ca.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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- Sherman) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sherman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7146, Longitude: -122.2417       In this case, the coordinates for Sherman have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Sherman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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