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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 Baldwins Crossing (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 Baldwins Crossing. 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 Baldwins Crossing ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Baldwins Crossing: Baldwins Xing.
  • While the name of this community is Baldwins Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Baldwins Crossing may originally have been Baldwin's Crossing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Baldwins Crossing might be written as Baldwin Crossing.

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 and 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.

Baldwins Crossing is located in Yavapai County.

To see how the shape of Arizona's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Yavapai County: Coconino, Gila, La Paz, Maricopa & Mohave.

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

  • Yavapai County     (The home county of Baldwins Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baldwins Crossing, with the one closest to Baldwins Crossing listed first.
    • West Sedona
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Big Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Park
      • Big Park is located in Yavapai County
    • Oak Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sedona
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cornville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • McGuireville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuireville
      • McGuireville is located in Yavapai County
    • Rimrock
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Cottonwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Smelter City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smelter City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter City
      • Smelter City is located in Yavapai County
    • Lake Montezuma
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Clemenceau ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clemenceau have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemenceau
      • Clemenceau is located in Yavapai County
    • Clarkdale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Camp Verde
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Coconino County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baldwins Crossing, with the one closest to Baldwins Crossing listed first.
    • Munds Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Stoneman Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneman Lake
      • Stoneman Lake is located in Coconino County
    • Mountainaire
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainaire
      • Mountainaire is located in Coconino County
    • Mormon Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Kachina Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Rockledge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockledge
      • Rockledge is located in Coconino County
    • Happy Jack
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Flagstaff
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Bellemont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Baldwins Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baldwins Crossing.

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

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

  • St. Lukes Memorial Garden
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Sedona Community Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Cooks Cedar Glade Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Thompson Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Family Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Thompson Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2518795 <4>
  • All Souls Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Azteca Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Azteca Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Azteca Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2233174 <4>
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Beaver Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Beaver Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2516222 <4>
  • Middle Verde Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Middle Verde Yavapai - Apache Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Valley View Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jerome Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jerome Cemetery
    • The Jerome Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hogback Cemetery
    • Jerome / Hogback Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1405783 <4>
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...

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.<6>

While we didn't find Baldwins Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Baldwins Crossing.

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

  • Cornville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cottonwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Verde
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verde have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verde
    • Verde is located in Yavapai County
  • Jerome
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Camp Verde
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Cherry
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Flagstaff
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Bellemont
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Baldwins Crossing ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baldwins Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baldwins Crossing, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baldwins Crossing.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Baldwins Crossing:

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

The official website for Yavapai County: www.co.yavapai.az.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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.
<6>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 Baldwins Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Baldwins Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Baldwins Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8239, Longitude: -111.8077       In this case, the coordinates for Baldwins Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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