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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 Tuber (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 Tuber. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Tuber is located in Modoc 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 Modoc County: Lassen, Shasta, Siskiyou, Washoe (NV), Klamath (OR) & Lake (OR).

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

  • Modoc County     (The home county of Tuber)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tuber, with the one closest to Tuber listed first.
    • Stronghold
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Stronghold is located in Modoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stronghold
    • Tionesta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Tionesta is located in Modoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tionesta
  • Siskiyou County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tuber, with the one closest to Tuber listed first.
    • Tulelake
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Dorris
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Somerset
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Somerset is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
    • Macdoel
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Mount Hebron
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Mount Hebron is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hebron
  • Klamath County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tuber, with the one closest to Tuber listed first.
    • Malin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Malin is located in Klamath County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 837 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malin <1>
    • Merrill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Merrill is located in Klamath County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 859 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merrill <1>
    • White Lake City ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • White Lake City is located in Klamath County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake City
    • Haynesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Haynesville is located in Klamath County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynesville
    • Bonanza
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Bonanza is located in Klamath County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bonanza <1>
    • Dairy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Pine Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Grove is located in Klamath County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
    • Worden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Worden is located in Klamath County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worden
    • Altamont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Altamont is located in Klamath County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
    • Midland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Klamath Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Keno
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Tuber ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tuber.

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

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

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

  • Malin Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Gillems Graveyard
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Merrill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Merrill IOOF Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bedfield Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Haynesville Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynesville Cemetery
    • The Haynesville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Lorella Cemetery
  • Bonanza Memorial Park Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza Memorial Park Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bonanza Memorial Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Bonanza (OR).
    • The Bonanza Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bonanza Memorial Park
    • Lost River Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38593 <2>
  • Mt. Laki Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Eternal Hills Memorial Gardens
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Worden Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Klamath Memorial Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Hibbert Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Linkville Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 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.<3>

While we didn't find Tuber in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tuber.

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

  • Cornell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cornell is located in Modoc County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell
  • Langell Valley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Langell Valley is located in Klamath County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langell Valley
  • Haynesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Haynesville is located in Klamath County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynesville
  • Olene
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Olene is located in Klamath County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olene
  • Bonanza
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Bonanza is located in Klamath County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bonanza <1>
  • Dairy
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Hildebrand
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Hildebrand is located in Klamath County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand
  • Plevna ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Plevna is located in Klamath County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
  • Keno
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Tuber ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tuber.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tuber, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tuber.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Tuber:

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>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.
<3>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 Tuber, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Tuber) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.