Siskiyou County, California Genealogy

United States California  Siskiyou County

County Courthouse
Siskiyou County Assesor-Recorder 311 4th Street, Room 108 Yreka, CA 96097 Siskiyou County Clerk's Office 510 North Main Street Yreka, CA 96097

Parent Counties
22 March 1852: Siskiyou County was created from Shasta and former Klamath Counties. County seat: Yreka

Boundary Changes
1852: County formed from Shasta and Klamath Counties.

1874: February, part of county given to newly formed Modoc County.

1874: May, Klamath County dissolved with Siskiyou County absorbing some of the area.

1887: Land exchanged with Del Norte County.

1901: Small area of land gained from Humboldt County.

See "Historical County Boundary Maps - BETA 2"

Record Loss
Town of Deadwood known to have burned down in 1861.

Town of Klamathon known to have burned down in 1902.

Populated Places (over 5,000 people)
Yreka

Populated Places (over 1,000 people)
Dunsmuir, Montague, Mount Shasta City, Tulelake, Weed

Populated Places (under 1,000 people)
Dorris, Etna, Fort Jones

Census Designated Places and Unincorporated Communities
Big Springs, Callahan, Carrick, Clear Creek, Edgewood, Forks of Salmon, Fort Goff, Gazelle, Greenview, Grenada, Hamburg, Hatfield, Happy Camp, Hilt, Hornbrook, Horse Creek, Klamath River, Klamathon, Lake Shastina, Lake Siskiyou, Macdoel, McCloud, Mount Hebron, Mugginsville, Sawyers Bar, Seiad Valley, Tennant, Thompson Creek

Additional and Former Populated Places
Mount Shasta City has had a number of names including Wagon Valley, Strawberry Valley and, until 1924, Sisson. Ager, Bartle, Beswick, Black Bear, Bogus, Butte, Cecilville, Chestnut, Coles, Copco, Cottage Grove, Deadwood, Francis, Gottsville, Hooperville, Igerha, Liberty, Little Shasta, Mott, Mountain, Oak Bar, Oro Fino, Schlitz, Scott Bar, Scott River, Scott Valley, Shasta Springs, Snowden, Somes Bar, Squaw Valley, Table Rock, Tailholt, Upper Soda Springs, Walker

Neighboring Counties

 * Del Norte
 * Humboldt
 * Jackson County, Oregon
 * Josephine County, Oregon
 * Klamath County, Oregon
 * Modoc
 * Shasta
 * Trinity

Archives and Libraries
Siskiyou County Library 719 4th Street Yreka, CA 96097 Searchable Siskiyou Pioneer Index Searchable Siskiyou County Obituaries (1854-1990) Index Searchable Siskiyou County Newspaper Index

SiskiyouHistory.org: A Digital Library of Primary Sources in Siskiyou County History

Cemeteries
Siskiyou Cemeteries Central

Siskiyou Cemeteries at Find A Grave

Dunsmuir Cemetery, Dunsmuir BillionGraves

Church History and Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Etna

FHL Catalog
California, Siskiyou Films

California, Siskiyou, Cecilville

California, Siskiyou, Dunsmuir

California, Siskiyou, Etna

California, Siskiyou, Forks of the Salmon

California, Siskiyou, Fort Jones

California, Siskiyou, Greenview Township

California, Siskiyou, Henley

California, Siskiyou, Hilt

California, Siskiyou, McCloud

California, Siskiyou, Montague

California, Siskiyou, Sawyers Bar

California, Siskiyou, Scott Valley Township

California, Siskiyou, Weed

California, Siskiyou, Yreka

Maps
1895 Atlas of Siskiyou County

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for emigrant settlers included:  :


 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California :


 * Applegate Trail since 1846 (avoided the Forty Mile Desert) by leaving the Humboldt River in Nevada early at present-day Rye Reservoir, Nevada and passing through the Black Rock Desert to Fandango Pass past Goose Lake on to the Lost River and eventually the Willamette Valley in Oregon


 * Yreka Trail 1851 from the Applegate Trail to Yreka, California

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Etna California Family History Center
 * Mount Shasta California Family History Center
 * Yreka California Family History Center

Websites

 * Siskiyou County CAGenWeb
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives backup site