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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 Sloughhouse (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 Sloughhouse. 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 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.

Sloughhouse is located in Sacramento 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 Sacramento County: Amador, Contra Costa, Placer, San Joaquin, Solano, Sutter & Yolo.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Sloughhouse ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sloughhouse.

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

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

  • Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Michigan Bar Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Michigan Bar Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Michigan Bar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Camellia Memorial Lawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Bellevue Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bellevue Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bellevue Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Quiet Haven Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quiet Haven Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quiet Haven Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Live Oak Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Live Oak Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Live Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mathew Kilgore Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mathew Kilgore Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mathew Kilgore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • San Joaquin Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • South East Lawn Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South East Lawn Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South East Lawn Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Masonic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fair Oaks Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fair Oaks Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fair Oaks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lakeside Memorial Lawn Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeside Memorial Lawn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeside Memorial Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (73 more) ...

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

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

  • Walsh Station
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Salsbury ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salsbury have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salsbury
    • Salsbury is located in Sacramento County
  • Michigan Bar ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Michigan Bar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bar
    • Michigan Bar is located in Sacramento County
  • Alder Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alder Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Creek
    • Alder Creek is located in Sacramento County
  • Mayhew
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mayhew. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
    • Mayhew is located in Sacramento County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Mayhew
    • From Sloughhouse to Mayhew
  • White Rock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
    • White Rock is located in Sacramento County
  • Manlove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manlove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manlove
    • Manlove is located in Sacramento County
  • Elk Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cicero ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cicero have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicero
    • Cicero is located in Sacramento County
  • Clay
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Clay is located in Sacramento County
  • Carbondale ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • May ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for May have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
    • May is located in Amador County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Natoma
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natoma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
      • Natoma is located in Sacramento County
    • Perkins
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perkins have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
      • Perkins is located in Sacramento County
    • Florin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Sloughhouse ...

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 166 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sloughhouse.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sloughhouse, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sloughhouse.

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 Sloughhouse:

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

The official website for Sacramento County: www.saccounty.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>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.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sloughhouse) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sloughhouse. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4957, Longitude: -121.1945    
<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 Sloughhouse, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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