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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 Mugginsville (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 Mugginsville. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Mugginsville is located in Siskiyou 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 Siskiyou County: Del Norte, Humboldt, Modoc, Shasta, Trinity, Jackson (OR), Josephine (OR) & Klamath (OR).

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

  • Siskiyou County     (The home county of Mugginsville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mugginsville, with the one closest to Mugginsville listed first.
    • Oro Fino
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oro Fino have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro Fino
      • Oro Fino is located in Siskiyou County
    • Greenview
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cheeseville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeseville
      • Cheeseville is located in Siskiyou County
    • Fort Jones
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Etna
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
      • Etna is located in Siskiyou County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Etna <2>
    • Scott Bar
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Hamburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
      • Hamburg is located in Siskiyou County
    • Klamath River
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Yreka
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yreka
      • Yreka is located in Siskiyou County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,503 people
      • Yreka has also been known as:
      • Yreka City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yreka <2>
    • Callahan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Sawyers Bar
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gazelle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Mugginsville ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mugginsville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mugginsville, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mugginsville.

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 Mugginsville:

Cemeteries Near Mugginsville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mugginsville.

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

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

  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Horse Creek Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Horse Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Horse Creek Cemetery
  • Callahan Catholic Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Callahan Protestant Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Callahan Hayden Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Sawyers Bar Catholic Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Foulke Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foulke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foulke Cemetery
  • Gazelle Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gazelle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gazelle Cemetery
  • Julien Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Julien Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Julien Cemetery
  • Montague Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Montague Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Montague Cemetery
  • Kanaka Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kanaka Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kanaka Cemetery
  • Orcutt Family Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Arbaugh - Dunlap Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Bennett Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bennett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bennett Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Forks of Salmon Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bennett Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7852 <4>
    • Aubrey Family Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

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

  • Oro Fino
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oro Fino have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro Fino
    • Oro Fino is located in Siskiyou County
  • Fort Jones
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hamburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
    • Hamburg is located in Siskiyou County
  • Walker
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walker have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Walker is located in Siskiyou County
  • Oakbar
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakbar have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakbar
    • Oakbar is located in Siskiyou County
  • Yreka
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yreka
    • Yreka is located in Siskiyou County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,503 people
    • Yreka has also been known as:
    • Yreka City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yreka <2>
  • Sawyers Bar
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Gazelle
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Grenada
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Seiad Valley
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Gottsville
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gottsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gottsville
    • Gottsville is located in Siskiyou County
  • Montague
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Happy Camp
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Edgewood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
      • Edgewood is located in Siskiyou County
    • Cottage Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottage Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
      • Cottage Grove is located in Siskiyou County

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

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

The official website for Siskiyou County: www.co.siskiyou.ca.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mugginsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mugginsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5732, Longitude: -122.9527    
<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 Mugginsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.









 

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