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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 Wigdon 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 Wigdon 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 Wigdon 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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Wigdon Place: Wigdon Pl. (or less commonly used: Wigdon Plc.)

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Wigdon Place is located in Trinity 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 Trinity County: Humboldt, Mendocino, Shasta, Siskiyou & Tehama.

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

  • Trinity County     (The home county of Wigdon Place)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wigdon Place, with the one closest to Wigdon Place listed first.
    • Hyampom
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Burnt Ranch
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Big Bar
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • McClellan Place
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McClellan Place. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClellan Place
      • McClellan Place is located in Trinity County
    • Trinity Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trinity Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Village
      • Trinity Village is located in Trinity County
    • Salyer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hayfork
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Helena ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Helena. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
      • Helena is located in Trinity County
    • Denny ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Denny. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny
      • Denny is located in Trinity County
    • Peanut
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peanut
      • Peanut is located in Trinity County
    • Junction City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Douglas City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Weaverville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Humboldt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wigdon Place, with the one closest to Wigdon Place listed first.
    • Dinsmore
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinsmore
      • Dinsmore is located in Humboldt County
    • Janes Place
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janes Place
      • Janes Place is located in Humboldt County
    • Willow Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bridgeville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lone Star Junction ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star Junction
      • Lone Star Junction is located in Humboldt County
    • Maple Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • 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.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Creek
      • Maple Creek is located in Humboldt County
    • Hoopa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Kneeland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Korbel
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Blocksburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Blue Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Larabee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larabee
      • Larabee is located in Humboldt County

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

Cemeteries Near Wigdon Place ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wigdon 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.

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

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

  • Hayfork Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Trinity County Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity County Cemetery
    • The Trinity County Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Helena - Bagdad Cemetery
  • Bridgeville Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bridgeville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bridgeville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bridgeville Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Bridgeville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2310284 <4>
  • Weaverville Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weaverville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weaverville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hoopa Tribal Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • William Barnwell Sr. Memorial Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Hyampom
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Burnt Ranch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Big Bar
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hayfork
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Denny ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Denny. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny
    • Denny is located in Trinity County
  • Junction City
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Bridgeville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Maple Creek
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • 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.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Creek
    • Maple Creek is located in Humboldt County
  • Dedrick ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dedrick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedrick
    • Dedrick is located in Trinity County
  • Douglas City
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Weaverville
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Wildwood
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Blocksburg
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Korbel
    (29 miles [46.7 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 Wigdon Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wigdon Place.

Newspapers Published in Wigdon 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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wigdon Place.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wigdon Place, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wigdon Place.

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 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 Wigdon Place:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wigdon Place. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Trinity County: www.trinitycounty.org/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

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>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.
<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>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 Wigdon Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Wigdon Place) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wigdon Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6751, Longitude: -123.4611       In this case, the coordinates for Wigdon Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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