Welcome to Dos Cabezas ...

Dos Cabezas is located in Cochise County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dos Cabezas, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Dos Cabezas is 5,080 feet [1,548 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Dos Cabezas is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Dos Cabezas lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Dos Cabezas (for example, toward Lordsburg (NM)), you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

Dos Cabezas lies within the (520) area code.

Communities Also Named Dos Cabezas ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Dos Cabezas - it's located in California.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dos Cabezas.

Communities near Dos Cabezas ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dos Cabezas.

• Willcox
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willcox
  • Willcox is located in Cochise County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,508 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willcox <3>
• Camp Bowie ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Bowie
  • Camp Bowie is located in Cochise County
• Fort Bowie ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bowie
  • Fort Bowie is located in Cochise County
• Bowie
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
  • Bowie is located in Cochise County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowie <3>
• Cochise
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochise
  • Cochise is located in Cochise County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cochise <3>
• Sunizona
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunizona
  • Sunizona is located in Cochise County
• Pearce
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearce have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
  • Pearce is located in Cochise County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearce <3>
• Hilltop ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilltop have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Hilltop is located in Cochise County
• San Simon
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Simon
  • San Simon is located in Cochise County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Simon <3>
• Dragoon
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dragoon
  • Dragoon is located in Cochise County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dragoon <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dos Cabezas. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dos Cabezas.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dos Cabezas. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dos Cabezas.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dos Cabezas. See our Newspapers Page for Dos Cabezas.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dos Cabezas ...

Looking for more information about Dos Cabezas? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Dos Cabezas, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dos Cabezas.

Adding Dos Cabezas to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dos Cabezas in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Dos Cabezas was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Dos Cabezas mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dos Cabezas.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Cochise County: www.cochise.az.gov/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/