RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of California >> Plumas County >> Sloat >> Genealogy HelperIndex...

Our Genealogy Helper

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 Sloat (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 Sloat. 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 hospitals and 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.

Sloat is located in Plumas 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 Plumas County: Butte, Lassen, Shasta, Sierra, Tehama & Yuba.

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

  • Plumas County     (The home county of Sloat)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sloat, with the one closest to Sloat listed first.
    • Cromberg
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Greenhorn
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenhorn is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
    • Spring Garden
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Garden is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
    • Massack
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Massack is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massack
    • Johnsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Plumas Eureka
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Plumas Eureka is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Eureka
    • Mohawk
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Mohawk is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
    • Blairsden
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Graeagle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mohawk Vista
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Mohawk Vista is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Vista
    • East Quincy
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • East Quincy is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Quincy
    • C-Road
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • C-Road is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for C-Road
    • Clio
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lassen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sloat, with the one closest to Sloat listed first.
    • Milford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Herlong Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Herlong Junction is located in Lassen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herlong Junction
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sloat, with the one closest to Sloat listed first.
    • Graniteville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Graniteville is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
    • Marsh Mill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Marsh Mill is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Mill
  • Sierra County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sloat, with the one closest to Sloat listed first.
    • Gibsonville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
    • Poker Flat
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
    • Queen City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Queen City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
    • Loganville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Loganville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
    • Calpine
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Downieville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Sierra City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Sattley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Goodyears Bar
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Forest
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Forest is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Sierraville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Brandy City ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Brandy City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
    • Alleghany
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sloat, with the one closest to Sloat listed first.
    • Strawberry Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Depot Hill ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill

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

Cemeteries Near Sloat ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sloat.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sloat, with the one closest to Sloat 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 Sloat in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sloat.

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

  • Cromberg
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Johnsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mohawk
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mohawk is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
  • Gibsonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
  • Quincy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Genesee ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Genesee is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee
  • Saint Louis
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Louis is located in Sierra County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis
  • Taylorsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • La Porte
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Crescent Mills
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Spanish Ranch
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Spanish Ranch is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Ranch
  • Meadow Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Sloat ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sloat.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sloat, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sloat.

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 either 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 Sloat:

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- Sloat) 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 Sloat, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.