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Introduction ...

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

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

Although our information shows that the community of Wagners is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Wagners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wagners:

  • Butte County     (The home county of Wagners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wagners, with the one closest to Wagners listed first.
    • Lumpkin ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Lumpkin is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
    • Feather Falls
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Brush Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Brush Creek is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
    • Oroleve
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Oroleve is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroleve
    • Clipper Mills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Merrimac
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Merrimac is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
    • Evansville ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Evansville is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
    • Forbestown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Berry Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Robinson Mill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Robinson Mill is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
    • South Fork ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • South Fork is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
    • Big Bend
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Big Bend is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wagners, with the one closest to Wagners listed first.
    • North San Juan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Birchville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Birchville is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchville
    • North Columbia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • North Columbia is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Columbia
    • Bridgeport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Bridgeport is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Lake City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake City is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • North Bloomfield is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
    • Nevada City Rancheria
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Blue Tent
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Blue Tent is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Tent
    • Lake Wildwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Lake Wildwood is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wildwood
    • Newtown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Newtown is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
    • Bitney Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Bitney Corner is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitney Corner
    • Gold Flat
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Gold Flat is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Flat
  • Plumas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wagners, with the one closest to Wagners listed first.
    • La Porte
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Little Grass Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Little Grass Valley is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Grass Valley
    • Bucks Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Bucks Lake is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Lake
    • Storrie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Tobin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Tobin is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
    • Meadow Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver Creek ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Silver Creek is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
    • Spanish Ranch
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Spanish Ranch is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Ranch
    • Belden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Rich Bar ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Rich Bar is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Bar
    • Quincy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • East Quincy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • East Quincy is located in Plumas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Quincy
  • Sierra County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wagners, with the one closest to Wagners listed first.
    • Brandy City ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Brandy City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
    • Queen City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Queen City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
    • Gibsonville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
    • Goodyears Bar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Poker Flat
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
    • Downieville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Forest
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Forest is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Alleghany
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Loganville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Loganville is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wagners, with the one closest to Wagners listed first.
    • Strawberry Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Challenge
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Brownsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Depot Hill ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
    • Foster Bar ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Foster Bar is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
    • Rackerby
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
    • Camptonville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Garden Valley ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
    • Dobbins
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Oregon House
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Loma Rica
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica

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

Cemeteries Near Wagners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wagners.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Lumpkin ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Lumpkin is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
  • Brush Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Brush Creek is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
  • Clipper Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Strawberry Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Forbestown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Merrimac
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Merrimac is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
  • Enterprise ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Enterprise is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Brownsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Scales ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Scales is located in Sierra County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scales
  • La Porte
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Big Bend
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Big Bend is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
  • Hurleton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hurleton is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurleton
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
    • Camptonville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Louis
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Saint Louis is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis

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

Newspapers Published in Wagners ...

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 Wagners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wagners, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wagners.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Wagners:

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 Wagners, 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 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>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- Wagners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.