Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Toyon. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Toyon to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Toyon, 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 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.
Name Variations for Toyon ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
Toyon was originally named Government Camp
A past name for Toyon: Seaman's Place.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Although our information shows that the community of Toyon is historic, it would have been located within present day Shasta 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 Shasta County: Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Siskiyou, Tehama & Trinity.
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:
- Shasta County (The home county of Toyon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Toyon, with the one closest to Toyon listed first.
- Summit City ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
- Summit City is located in Shasta County
- Project City ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Project City
- Project City is located in Shasta County
- Shasta Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shasta Lake
- Shasta Lake is located in Shasta County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,379 people
- Former names for Shasta Lake:
- Boomtown
- Central Valley
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shasta Lake <2>
- Churntown ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Coram ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Newtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Newtown is located in Shasta County
- Pine Grove ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Pine Grove is located in Shasta County
- Kennett ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Mountain Gate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Gate
- Mountain Gate is located in Shasta County
- Former names for Mountain Gate:
- Bass
- Fish's Station
- Buckeye
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Buckeye is located in Shasta County
- Whitehouse ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehouse have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- Whitehouse is located in Shasta County
- Copley ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Bayha
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tehama County
- Hooker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Hooker is located in Tehama County
- Hooker
- Trinity County
- The following are listed by their distance from Toyon, with the one closest to Toyon listed first.
- Deadwood ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Lewiston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Lewiston is located in Trinity County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewiston <2>
- Minersville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Minersville is located in Trinity County
- Trinity Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Center
- Trinity Center is located in Trinity County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trinity Center <2>
- Weaverville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverville
- Weaverville is located in Trinity County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weaverville <2>
- Douglas City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
- Douglas City is located in Trinity County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Douglas City <2>
- Carrville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrville
- Carrville is located in Trinity County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Toyon, see our County-by-County Page for 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 61 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 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. 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 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 Toyon:
- Websites specific to California
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the California State Archives
- Pages specific to Shasta County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Tehama County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Trinity County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Tehama County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of California
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of California
- Cemeteries of Shasta County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of California
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of California
- Cemeteries of Shasta County
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.
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 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.
- Churntown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Churntown Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the northeast of Shasta Lake.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Churntown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2157834 <5>
- Central Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Central Valley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2177218 <5>
- Buckeye Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- The Buckeye Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Boot Hill Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buckeye Pioneer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185433 <5>
- Houston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Houston Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2242743 <5>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8330 <5>
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Redding.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1177236 <5>
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
- Redding Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redding Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1848805 <5>
- Shasta Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Shasta Catholic Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shasta Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2354998 <5>
- Shasta Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- The Shasta Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shasta Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8277 <5>
- Lawncrest Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- The Lawncrest Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Lawn Crest Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lawncrest Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1841707 <5>
- Whiskeytown Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whiskeytown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8442 <5>
- Continue List (33 more) ...
- Middleton Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Middleton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Middleton Cemetery
- Middletown Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- The Middletown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Centerville Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Middletown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2242777 <5>
- Bates Pioneer Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bates Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bates Pioneer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1988777 <5>
- Middleton 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.
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.
- Copley ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Hart ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Kennett ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Buckeye
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Buckeye is located in Shasta County
- Morley ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Waugh ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Redding
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding
- Redding is located in Shasta County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92,456 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redding <2>
- Mabel ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Shasta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shasta
- Shasta is located in Shasta County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shasta <2>
- Elmore ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Baird ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Ydaloom ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Girvan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - French Gulch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Gulch
- French Gulch is located in Shasta County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for French Gulch <2>
- Millville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- Millville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millville <2>
- Girvan
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.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Shasta County: www.co.shasta.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
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 Toyon, 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> | 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Toyon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Toyon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6918, Longitude: -122.3901 In this case, the coordinates for Toyon 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> | 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. |