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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 Shippee (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 Shippee. 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.

Shippee is located in Butte 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 Butte County: Colusa, Glenn, Plumas, Sutter, Tehama & Yuba.

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

  • Butte County     (The home county of Shippee)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shippee, with the one closest to Shippee listed first.
    • Oroville Junction
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroville Junction
      • Oroville Junction is located in Butte County
    • Richvale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Nelson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Thermalito
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermalito
      • Thermalito is located in Butte County
    • Lorraine ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lorraine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
      • Lorraine is located in Butte County
    • Elsey
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Oroville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • South Oroville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Oroville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Oroville
      • South Oroville is located in Butte County
    • Longs Bar ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Longs Bar. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Bar
      • Longs Bar is located in Butte County
    • Lynchburg ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lynchburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
      • Lynchburg is located in Butte County
    • Bigg's
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • East Biggs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Biggs
      • East Biggs is located in Butte County
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shippee, with the one closest to Shippee listed first.
    • Princeton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Colusa Rancheria
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colusa Rancheria
      • Colusa Rancheria is located in Colusa County
    • Colusa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shippee, with the one closest to Shippee listed first.
    • Afton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
      • Afton is located in Glenn County
    • Butte City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Glenn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Hamilton City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Capay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Capay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
      • Capay is located in Glenn County
    • Artois
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Willows
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Orland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Santa Cruz County
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shippee, with the one closest to Shippee listed first.
    • Live Oak
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
      • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
    • Pennington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
      • Pennington is located in Sutter County
    • Sutter
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Tierra Buena
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tierra Buena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Buena
      • Tierra Buena is located in Sutter County
    • Yuba City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Tarke
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
      • Tarke is located in Sutter County
    • South Yuba City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Yuba City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
      • South Yuba City is located in Sutter County
    • Meridian
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bogue
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
      • Bogue is located in Sutter County
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shippee, with the one closest to Shippee listed first.
    • Rackerby
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Iowa City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iowa City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
      • Iowa City is located in Yuba County
    • Loma Rica
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica
      • Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
    • Brownsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Challenge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Browns Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Oregon House
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Binney Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
      • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
    • Dantoni
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantoni
      • Dantoni is located in Yuba County
    • Marysville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Dobbins
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Linda
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Shippee ...

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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shippee.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shippee, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shippee.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Shippee:

Cemeteries Near Shippee ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shippee.

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

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

  • Nelson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hamilton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hamilton Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hamilton Cemetery
  • Oroville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oroville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oroville Cemetery
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
  • Thompson Flat Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thompson Flat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Flat Cemetery
  • Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
  • Mound Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Oregon City Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Clear Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clear Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clear Creek Cemetery
  • Durham Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Durham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Durham Cemetery
  • Cherokee Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Gridley - Biggs Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (43 more) ...
    • Dayton Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • 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 our Gazetteer entry for the Dayton Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2144284 <5>
    • Glen Oaks Memorial Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glen Oaks Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glen Oaks Memorial Park
    • Clarks Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Clarks Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clarks Cemetery

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

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

  • Nelson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Oroville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Bigg's
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Pentz
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pentz have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentz
    • Pentz is located in Butte County
  • Durham
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Palermo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cherokee ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
    • Cherokee is located in Butte County
  • Gridley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Wyandotte
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyandotte have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
    • Wyandotte is located in Butte County
  • Yankee Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankee Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Hill
    • Yankee Hill is located in Butte County
  • Chico
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
    • Chico is located in Butte County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,867 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chico <1>
  • Paradise
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Butte City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Afton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
      • Afton is located in Glenn County
    • Honcut
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

The official website for Butte County: www.buttecounty.net/

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

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 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>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>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 from Point A (ie- Shippee) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shippee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5399, Longitude: -121.6880       In this case, the coordinates for Shippee 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 Shippee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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