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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 Vista Robles (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 Vista Robles. 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 doctors and 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.

Vista Robles is located in Butte 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 Butte County: Colusa, Glenn, Plumas, Sutter, Tehama & Yuba.

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

  • Butte County     (The home county of Vista Robles)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vista Robles, with the one closest to Vista Robles listed first.
    • Palermo
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Robinsons Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Robinsons Corner is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Corner
    • Lynchburg ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Lynchburg is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
    • South Oroville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • South Oroville is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Oroville
    • Wyandotte
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Wyandotte is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
    • East Biggs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • East Biggs is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Biggs
    • Oroville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Thermalito
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Thermalito is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermalito
    • Lorraine ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lorraine is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
    • Honcut
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Peachton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Peachton is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachton
    • Bangor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vista Robles, with the one closest to Vista Robles listed first.
    • Princeton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Colusa Rancheria
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Colusa Rancheria is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colusa Rancheria
    • Colusa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Grimes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vista Robles, with the one closest to Vista Robles listed first.
    • Afton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Afton is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
    • Butte City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Glenn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vista Robles, with the one closest to Vista Robles listed first.
    • Bridgeport
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bridgeport is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Birchville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Birchville is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchville
    • Lake Wildwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Wildwood is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wildwood
    • North San Juan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Penn Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Rough and Ready
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Newtown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Newtown is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
    • Bitney Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bitney Corner is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitney Corner
    • The Oaks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • The Oaks is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Oaks
    • Nevada City Rancheria
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Grass Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Glenbrook
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
  • Santa Cruz County
  • Sierra County
    • Brandy City ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Brandy City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vista Robles, with the one closest to Vista Robles listed first.
    • Live Oak
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
    • Pennington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Pennington is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
    • Tierra Buena
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Tierra Buena is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Buena
    • Yuba City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Sutter
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • South Yuba City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • South Yuba City is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
    • Bogue
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Bogue is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
    • Tarke
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Tarke is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
    • Meridian
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vista Robles, with the one closest to Vista Robles listed first.
    • Iowa City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Iowa City is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
    • Loma Rica
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica
    • Rackerby
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Browns Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Brownsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Oregon House
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Challenge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Dantoni
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Dantoni is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantoni
    • Dobbins
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Binney Junction
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction
    • Marysville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Timbuctoo ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Timbuctoo is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuctoo

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

Cemeteries Near Vista Robles ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vista Robles.

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 Vista Robles - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Oroville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8154 <2>
  • Oroville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hamilton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Honcut Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Gridley - Biggs Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley - Biggs Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gridley - Biggs Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Gridley.
    • The Gridley - Biggs Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Biggs Cemetery
    • Live Oak Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8006 <2>
  • Bangor Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bangor Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Bangor.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2220275 <2>
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Thompson Flat Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Butte County Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Upham Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Oregon City Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (56 more) ...
    • Live Oak Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Peoria Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Peoria Memorial Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Palermo
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Wyandotte
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Wyandotte is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
  • Honcut
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Oroville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Gridley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Honcut
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Honcut is located in Yuba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honcut
  • Bangor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Bigg's
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Ramirez
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Ramirez is located in Yuba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramirez
  • Hurleton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hurleton is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurleton
  • Live Oak
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
  • Enterprise ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Enterprise is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Lomo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Lomo is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomo
    • Browns Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Nelson
      (14 miles [22.5 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 Vista Robles. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vista Robles.

Newspapers Published in Vista Robles ...

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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vista Robles.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vista Robles, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vista Robles.

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 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 Vista Robles:

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>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- Vista Robles) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Vista Robles, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.