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 Bisbee (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 Bisbee. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Bisbee is located in Cochise County and is the County Seat.
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 Cochise County: Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Santa Cruz & Hidalgo (NM).
Below are the counties that are near Bisbee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bisbee:
- Cochise County (The home county of Bisbee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bisbee, with the one closest to Bisbee listed first.
- Don Luis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Don Luis
- Don Luis is located in Cochise County
- Huachuca Terrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huachuca Terrace
- Huachuca Terrace is located in Cochise County
- Naco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Palominas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palominas
- Palominas is located in Cochise County
- Double Adobe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Adobe
- Double Adobe is located in Cochise County
- Miracle Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Valley
- Miracle Valley is located in Cochise County
- McNeal
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hereford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Nicksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nicksville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicksville
- Nicksville is located in Cochise County
- Gleeson ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gleeson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleeson
- Gleeson is located in Cochise County
- Charleston ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charleston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Charleston is located in Cochise County
- Tombstone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bisbee, see our County-by-County Page for Bisbee.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Bisbee ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bisbee.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Bisbee. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Bisbee and those printed in the larger area surrounding Bisbee.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> of Bisbee.
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 Bisbee:
- Websites specific to Arizona
- Pages specific to Cochise County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arizona
Cemeteries Near Bisbee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bisbee.
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 Bisbee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bisbee, with the one closest to Bisbee listed first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Memory Gardens Cemetery (Don Luis)
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Paul Spur Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Miracle Valley Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- McNeal Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the McNeal Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of McNeal.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McNeal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2181695 <4>
- Cochise Memory Gardens Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Boothill Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tombstone Cemetery (Old)
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gleeson Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Old Pirtleville Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sacred Heart Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Pirtleville.
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pirtleville Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57107 <4>
- Tombstone Cemetery (New)
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Fry Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- The Fry Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fry Family Cemetery
- Fry Pioneer Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fry Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2176887 <4>
- Tompkins Memorial Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tompkins Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tompkins Memorial Park
- Calvary Memorial Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Memorial Park is located in Douglas.
- The Calvary Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Douglas Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2277311 <4>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bisbee had a population of 1,535 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Bisbee had a population of 5,154 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bisbee, with the one closest to Bisbee listed first.
- Tombstone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairbank ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbank
- Fairbank is located in Cochise County
- Fort Huachuca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Contention City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Contention City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contention City
- Contention City is located in Cochise County
- Contention City has also been known as:
- Contention
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bisbee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bisbee.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Bisbee: www.cityofbisbee.com/
The official website for Cochise County: www.cochise.az.gov/
The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/
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 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. |
<3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bisbee) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bisbee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4447, Longitude: -109.9253 |
<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 Bisbee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |