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Introduction ...

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

We've added Summerville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Summerville, 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 Summerville (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 Summerville. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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 Summerville is historic, it would have been located within present day Tehama 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 Tehama County: Butte, Glenn, Mendocino, Plumas, Shasta & Trinity.

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

  • Tehama County     (The home county of Summerville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Summerville, with the one closest to Summerville listed first.
    • Dantuma Place
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Dantuma Place is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantuma Place
    • Mineral
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Mill Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Paynes Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Manton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Dales
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Dales is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales
    • Los Molinos
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Tehama
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Vina
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gerber
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Proberta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Rawson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Rawson is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
  • Butte County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Summerville, with the one closest to Summerville listed first.
    • Butte Meadows
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Inskip ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Inskip is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
    • Powellton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Powellton is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
    • Stirling City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • De Sabla
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • De Sabla is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Sabla
    • Forest Ranch
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
    • Nimshew
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Nimshew is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimshew
    • Paradise Pines
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Paradise Pines is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Pines
    • Irish Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Irish Town is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Town
    • Magalia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Big Bar
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Big Bar is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
    • Pulga
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lassen County
    • Peninsula Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Peninsula Village is located in Lassen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peninsula Village
  • Plumas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Summerville, with the one closest to Summerville listed first.
    • Longville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Longville is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
    • Chester
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Lake Almanor West
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Lake Almanor West is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Almanor West
      • Lake Almanor West has also been known as:
      • Almanor West
    • Belden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Storrie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Tobin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Tobin is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
    • Prattville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Caribou
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Caribou is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
    • Lake Almanor Country Club
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Lake Almanor Peninsula
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Rich Bar ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Rich Bar is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Bar
    • Peninsula Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Shasta County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Summerville, with the one closest to Summerville listed first.
    • Viola ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Viola is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
    • Shingletown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Manzanita Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Manzanita Lake is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manzanita Lake
    • Midway
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Midway is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Inwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Inwood is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
    • Battle Creek ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Battle Creek is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
    • Clarkville ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Clarkville is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkville
    • Fleaville ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Fleaville is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville

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

Cemeteries Near Summerville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Summerville.

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

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

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

  • Butte Meadows Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cameron - Davis Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Inskip Pioneer Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cohasset Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Forest Ranch Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Plateau Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Klotz Family Pioneer Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Coutolenc Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Vina Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Vina Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Vina.
    • The Vina Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Carter Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7884 <4>
  • Humbug Valley Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbug Valley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Humbug Valley Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south of Chester.
    • The Humbug Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Dotta Cemetery
    • Dotta Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2192289 <4>
  • Chester Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chester Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Chester.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976711 <4>
  • Nicholl Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Ogburn Inwood Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tehama Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tehama Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tehama Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Tehama.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8399 <4>
    • Centerville Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Lyonsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Lyonsville is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
  • Butte Meadows
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Inskip ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Inskip is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
  • Paynes Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Powellton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Powellton is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
  • Manton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Lovelock
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Lovelock is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelock
  • Forest Ranch
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
  • Longville
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Longville is located in Plumas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
  • Shingletown
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Nimshew
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Nimshew is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimshew
  • Tehama
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Vina
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Magalia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Rawson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Rawson is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson

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

Newspapers Published in Summerville ...

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 Summerville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Summerville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Summerville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Summerville:

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 Summerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Summerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.