Our Genealogy Helper
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 Wells Place (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 Wells Place. 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 Wells Place ...
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 occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Wells Place: Wells Pl. (or less commonly used: Wells Plc.)
- While the name of this community is Wells Place, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Wells Place may originally have been Well's Place.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Wells Place might be written as Well 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 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.
Wells Place is located in Tehama 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 Tehama County: Butte, Glenn, Mendocino, Plumas, Shasta & Trinity.
Below are the counties that are near Wells Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wells Place:
- Tehama County (The home county of Wells Place)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wells Place, with the one closest to Wells Place listed first.
- Paynes Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dantuma Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dantuma Place is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantuma Place
- Dales
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dales is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales
- Los Molinos
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Proberta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rawson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rawson is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
- Gerber
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tehama
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bend is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
- Red Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Manton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Vina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mineral
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Butte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wells Place, with the one closest to Wells Place listed first.
- Butte Meadows
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Inskip ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Inskip is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
- Forest Ranch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
- Powellton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Powellton is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Nord ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Nord is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nord
- De Sabla
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- De Sabla is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Sabla
- Nimshew
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nimshew is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimshew
- Stirling City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise Pines
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise Pines is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Pines
- Glenn County
- Capay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Capay is located in Glenn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
- Shasta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wells Place, with the one closest to Wells Place listed first.
- Battle Creek ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Battle Creek is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
- Clarkville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clarkville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkville
- Shingletown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Balls Ferry ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Balls Ferry is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
- Midway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fleaville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Inwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Inwood is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Cottonwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Parkville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Parkville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
- Viola ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Viola is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Anderson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,565 people
- Former name for Anderson:
- American Ranch
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anderson <2>
- Millville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Basin Hollow ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Basin Hollow is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin Hollow
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wells Place, see our County-by-County Page for Wells Place.
Cemeteries Near Wells Place ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wells Place.
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 Wells Place - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wells Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wells Place, with the one closest to Wells Place listed first.
- Cameron - Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tehama Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tehama Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tehama Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Tehama.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8399 <4>
- Vina Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Vina Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Vina.
- The Vina Cemetery has also been known as:
- Carter Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7884 <4>
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Klotz Family Pioneer Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Major Pierson B. Reading Family Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Plateau Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Butte Meadows Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ogburn Inwood Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Corning Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Hill Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Cohasset Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parkville Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Parkville Pioneer Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 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.<5>
While we didn't find Wells Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wells Place.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wells Place, with the one closest to Wells Place listed first.
- Paynes Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lyonsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lyonsville is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
- Rawson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rawson is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
- Proberta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tehama
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Manton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Vina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Richfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Richfield is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
- Shingletown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Balls Ferry ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Balls Ferry is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
- Butte Meadows
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hooker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hooker is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Corning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Inwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Inwood is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wells Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wells Place.
Newspapers Published in Wells Place ...
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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wells Place.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wells Place, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wells Place.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Wells Place:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Tehama County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butte County
- Glenn County
- Shasta County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wells Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Wells Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |