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Introduction ...

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

We've added Tsurau to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Tsurau, 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 Tsurau (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 Tsurau. 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 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Tsurau is historic, it would have been located within present day Humboldt 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 Humboldt County: Del Norte, Mendocino, Siskiyou & Trinity.

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

  • Humboldt County     (The home county of Tsurau)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tsurau, with the one closest to Tsurau listed first.
    • Trinidad
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Westhaven
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • McKinleyville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Tyee City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tyee City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyee City
      • Tyee City is located in Humboldt County
    • Alliance
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
      • Alliance is located in Humboldt County
    • Arcata
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcata
      • Arcata is located in Humboldt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,044 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arcata <2>
    • Fickle Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle Hill
      • Fickle Hill is located in Humboldt County
    • Blue Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bayside
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Orick
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Samoa
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Korbel
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Eureka
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
      • Eureka is located in Humboldt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,652 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eureka <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Tsurau ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tsurau.

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

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

  • Trinidad Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Eloise Nelson Gateway Garden
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Myrtle Grove Memorial
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Myrtle Grove Memorial
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Myrtle Grove Memorial have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Bernard's Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Oceanview Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oceanview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oceanview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sunset Memorial Park
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Spear Family Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Hoopa Tribal Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Johnsons Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Trinidad
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Arcata
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcata
    • Arcata is located in Humboldt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,044 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arcata <2>
  • Blue Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Bayside
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Korbel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Orick
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Eureka
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Eureka is located in Humboldt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,652 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eureka <2>
  • Freshwater
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freshwater
    • Freshwater is located in Humboldt County
  • Fields Landing
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Maple Creek
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maple Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Creek
    • Maple Creek is located in Humboldt County
  • Weitchpec
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weitchpec
    • Weitchpec is located in Humboldt County
  • Table Bluff
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Bluff
    • Table Bluff is located in Humboldt County
  • Beatrice
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beatrice have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatrice
    • Beatrice is located in Humboldt County

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

Newspapers Published in Tsurau ...

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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tsurau.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tsurau, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tsurau.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Tsurau:

The official website for Humboldt County: www.co.humboldt.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 Tsurau, 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>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.
<5>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Freshwater Corners and Freshwater. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tsurau) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tsurau. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0596, Longitude: -124.1431       In this case, the coordinates for Tsurau have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>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.




 

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