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 Yuba Pass (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 Yuba Pass. 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 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.
Yuba Pass is located in Nevada 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 Nevada County: Placer, Sierra, Yuba & Washoe (NV).
Below are the counties that are near Yuba Pass. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yuba Pass:
- Nevada County (The home county of Yuba Pass)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yuba Pass, with the one closest to Yuba Pass listed first.
- Baltimore Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Baltimore Town is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore Town
- Meadow Lake ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Lake is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
- Summit City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summit City is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City
- Kingvale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kingvale is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingvale
- Marsh Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marsh Mill is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Mill
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Soda Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Graniteville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Graniteville is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
- Norden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Donner Lake Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Donner Lake Village is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner Lake Village
- Donner Lake Village has also been known as:
- Donner Lake
- Donner Woods
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Donner Woods is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner Woods
- North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Bloomfield is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- Scotts Flat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Scotts Flat is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Flat
- El Dorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yuba Pass, with the one closest to Yuba Pass listed first.
- Quintette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Quintette is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
- Tahoma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Placer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yuba Pass, with the one closest to Yuba Pass listed first.
- Big Bend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Big Bend is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Emigrant Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Casa Loma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Casa Loma is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Loma
- Alta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Donner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Donner is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner
- Last Chance ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Last Chance is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Chance
- Soda Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Soda Springs is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
- Dutch Flat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greekstore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Greekstore is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greekstore
- Andover ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Andover is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Secret Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Secret Town is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret Town
- Iowa Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plumas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yuba Pass, with the one closest to Yuba Pass listed first.
- Whitehawk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Whitehawk is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehawk
- Valley Ranch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Valley Ranch is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ranch
- Clio
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- C-Road
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- C-Road is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for C-Road
- Graeagle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Johnsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Plumas Eureka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Plumas Eureka is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumas Eureka
- Shasta County
- Bear Valley ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bear Valley is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Sierra County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yuba Pass, with the one closest to Yuba Pass listed first.
- Sierra City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Alleghany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Loganville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Loganville is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forest is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Downieville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Goodyears Bar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sattley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sierraville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Calpine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Brandy City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brandy City is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
- Poker Flat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
- Queen City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Queen City is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Loyalton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yuba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yuba Pass, with the one closest to Yuba Pass listed first.
- Camptonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Depot Hill ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
- Garden Valley ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
- Foster Bar ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Foster Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yuba Pass, see our County-by-County Page for Yuba Pass.
Cemeteries Near Yuba Pass ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yuba Pass.
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 Yuba Pass - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yuba Pass covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yuba Pass, with the one closest to Yuba Pass listed first.
- Dutch Flat Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Flat Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dutch Flat Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Alta
- Alleghany Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sierra City Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Grove Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Forest City Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Iowa Hill Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deadwood Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Downieville Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sierraville Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Goodyears Bar Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Creek Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Deer Creek Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Nevada City.
- The Deer Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Odd Fellows Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2400769 <2>
- Forest View Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (27 more) ...
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Truckee Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sattley Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Yuba Pass in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yuba Pass.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Yuba Pass, with the one closest to Yuba Pass listed first.
- Cisco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cisco is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco
- Emigrant Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maybert ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Maybert is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybert
- Blue Canyon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Canyon is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Canyon
- Westville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Westville is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Graniteville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Graniteville is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
- Alta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Towle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Towle is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towle
- Moore's Flat
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moore's Flat is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore's Flat
- Dutch Flat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gold Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Alleghany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sierra City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Bloomfield is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yuba Pass. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yuba Pass.
Newspapers Published in Yuba Pass ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yuba Pass.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yuba Pass, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yuba Pass.
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 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 Yuba Pass:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Nevada County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- El Dorado County
- Placer County
- Plumas County
- Shasta County
- Sierra County
- Yuba County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
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 '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- Yuba Pass) 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 Yuba Pass, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |