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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 Blue Hills Farms (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 Blue Hills Farms. 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.

Blue Hills Farms 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 Blue Hills Farms. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blue Hills Farms:

  • Yavapai County     (The home county of Blue Hills Farms)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blue Hills Farms, with the one closest to Blue Hills Farms listed first.
    • McCabe ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McCabe. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCabe
      • McCabe is located in Yavapai County
    • Dewey - Humboldt
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey - Humboldt
      • Dewey - Humboldt is located in Yavapai County
      • Estimated population in 2015: 3,988 people
    • Dewey
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Humboldt
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Poland Junction
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland Junction
      • Poland Junction is located in Yavapai County
    • Howells ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Howells. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells
      • Howells is located in Yavapai County
    • Prescott Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Walker
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Walker is located in Yavapai County
    • Granite Dells
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Dells
      • Granite Dells is located in Yavapai County
    • Oak Knoll Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Knoll Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Knoll Village
      • Oak Knoll Village is located in Yavapai County
    • Mayer
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Stoddard ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stoddard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
      • Stoddard is located in Yavapai County
    • Miller Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Valley
      • Miller Valley is located in Yavapai County

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

Cemeteries Near Blue Hills Farms ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blue Hills Farms.

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 Blue Hills Farms covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • McCabe Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCabe Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the McCabe Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the east of Humboldt.
    • The McCabe Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Miner's Union Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2437019 <5>
  • Humboldt Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Henderson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Heritage Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Angeline Hoagland Gravesite
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Howells Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howells Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Howells Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
  • Masse Ranch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masse Ranch Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Masse Ranch Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2401365 <5>
  • Boblett Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boblett Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boblett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2299791 <5>
  • Prescott National Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Mayer Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mayer Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mayer Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Mayer.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1985663 <5>
  • Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57064 <5>
  • Citizens Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (35 more) ...
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Ferguson / Morrell Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Mountain View Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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.<6>

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

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

  • Howells ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Howells. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells
    • Howells is located in Yavapai County
  • Walker
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Walker is located in Yavapai County
  • Mayer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Stoddard ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stoddard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
    • Stoddard is located in Yavapai County
  • Whipple
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whipple have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
    • Whipple is located in Yavapai County
  • Fort Whipple
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Whipple have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Whipple
    • Fort Whipple is located in Yavapai County
  • Prescott
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Cherry
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Cordes ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordes
    • Cordes is located in Yavapai County
  • Chino Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jerome
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Big Bug ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Big Bug. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bug
    • Big Bug is located in Yavapai County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Walnut Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
      • Walnut Grove is located in Yavapai County
    • Crown King
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Verde
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • 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

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

Newspapers Published in Blue Hills Farms ...

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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Hills Farms.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blue Hills Farms, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blue Hills Farms.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Blue Hills Farms:

  • Genealogy information for nearby counties

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blue Hills Farms. 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>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.
<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>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- Blue Hills Farms) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blue Hills Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5209, Longitude: -112.2966       In this case, the coordinates for Blue Hills Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<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 Blue Hills Farms, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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