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 Toyon (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 Toyon. 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 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.
Toyon is located in Calaveras 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 Calaveras County: Alpine, Amador, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.
Below are the counties that are near Toyon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Toyon:
- Calaveras County (The home county of Toyon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Toyon, with the one closest to Toyon listed first.
- Petersburg ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg has also been known as:
- Greasertown
- Valley Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- San Andreas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Campo Seco
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Burson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Big Bar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
- Mokelumne Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rancho Calaveras
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rancho Calaveras is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Calaveras
- Oregon Bar ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oregon Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Bar
- Lost City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lost City is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Jenny Lind
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jenny Lind is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
- Carmen City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Carmen City is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmen City
- Amador County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toyon, with the one closest to Toyon listed first.
- Jackson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Electra ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Electra is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
- Martell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Camanche Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Camanche Village is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
- Sutter Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ione
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ione is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
- Former names for Ione:
- Bedbug
- Freeze Out
- Hardscrabble
- Ione City
- Ione Valley
- Jone City
- Jone Valley
- Rickeyville
- Woosterville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
- Amador City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Drytown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pioneer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Volcano
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Carbondale ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Carbondale is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- El Dorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toyon, with the one closest to Toyon listed first.
- Mount Aukum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fair Play
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Somerset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sacramento County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toyon, with the one closest to Toyon listed first.
- Herald
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rancho Murieta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Galt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Galt is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,551 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <1>
- Sloughhouse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- San Joaquin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toyon, with the one closest to Toyon listed first.
- Bellota
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota
- Clements
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Linden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Peters
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lockeford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Farmington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holden ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Holden is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
- Trigo ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Trigo is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigo
- Victor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cometa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cometa is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cometa
- Walthal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walthal is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthal
- Acampo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Stanislaus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toyon, with the one closest to Toyon listed first.
- Knights Ferry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- East Oakdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- East Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Oakdale
- Adela
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Adela is located in Stanislaus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adela
- Oakdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tuolumne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toyon, with the one closest to Toyon listed first.
- Tuttletown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
- Columbia Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
- Columbia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rawhide
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rawhide is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
- Martinez
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
- Squabbletown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
- Jamestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sonora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Sonora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Sonora is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sonora
- Greenley Oaks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenley Oaks is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenley Oaks
- Yosemite Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yosemite Junction is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Junction
- Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Toyon, see our County-by-County Page for Toyon.
Cemeteries Near Toyon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Toyon.
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 Toyon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Toyon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Toyon, with the one closest to Toyon listed first.
- Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Peoples Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jesus Maria Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dean Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dean Family Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northeast of Milton.
- The Dean Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wilson Burial Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2503319 <3>
- Jackson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- St. Sava Servian Orthodox Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Milton Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mountain Ranch Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Catholic Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- City Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is located in Sutter Creek.
- IOOF Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Sutter Creek.
- Continue List (57 more) ...
- New Protestant Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Briseno Ranch Burial Ground
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Catholic Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Toyon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Toyon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Toyon, with the one closest to Toyon listed first.
- Valley Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- San Andreas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Campo Seco
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Burson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mokelumne Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lancha Plana ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lancha Plana is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancha Plana
- Jenny Lind
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jenny Lind is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
- Camanche ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Camanche is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche
- Former names for Camanche:
- Clay's Bar
- Limerrick
- Jackson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rich Gulch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rich Gulch is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Gulch
- Wallace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Milton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Milton is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mountain Ranch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ione
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ione is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
- Former names for Ione:
- Bedbug
- Freeze Out
- Hardscrabble
- Ione City
- Ione Valley
- Jone City
- Jone Valley
- Rickeyville
- Woosterville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
- Sutter Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Toyon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Toyon.
Newspapers Published in Toyon ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Toyon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Toyon, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Toyon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Toyon:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Calaveras County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amador County
- El Dorado County
- Sacramento County
- San Joaquin County
- Stanislaus County
- Tuolumne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Toyon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Toyon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |