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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 Bon (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 Bon. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Bon is located in Pinal 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 Pinal County: Gila, Graham, Maricopa & Pima.

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

  • Pinal County     (The home county of Bon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bon, with the one closest to Bon listed first.
    • Stanfield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Casa Blanca
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
      • Casa Blanca is located in Pinal County
    • Ak Chin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ak Chin
      • Ak Chin is located in Pinal County
    • Maricopa
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Casa Grande
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ak-Chin Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ak-Chin Village
      • Ak-Chin Village is located in Pinal County
    • Bapchule
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Sweetwater
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
      • Sweetwater is located in Pinal County
    • Sacaton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Stotonic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotonic
      • Stotonic is located in Pinal County
      • Stotonic has also been known as:
      • Stetonic
      • Stotonik
    • Santan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santan
      • Santan is located in Pinal County
    • Chuichu
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuichu
      • Chuichu is located in Pinal County
  • Maricopa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bon, with the one closest to Bon listed first.
    • Sun Lakes
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Chandler Heights
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mobile
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile
      • Mobile is located in Maricopa County
    • Sanokai Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanokai Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanokai Village
      • Sanokai Village is located in Maricopa County
    • Chandler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Corona Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corona Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona Village
      • Corona Village is located in Maricopa County
    • Queen Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Ahwatukee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ahwatukee
      • Ahwatukee is located in Maricopa County
    • Kyrene
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrene
      • Kyrene is located in Maricopa County
    • Higley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Gila Crossing
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila Crossing
      • Gila Crossing is located in Maricopa County
    • Sonora
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sonora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
      • Sonora is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sonora <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Bon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bon.

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

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

  • West Casa Blanca Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Casa Blanca Cemetery
    • The West Casa Blanca Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cowboy Cemetery
  • Ak Chin Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sweetwater Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sweetwater Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Sweetwater Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2342148 <3>
  • Bapchule Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • East Sacaton Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Sacaton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Sacaton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sacaton Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • C.H. Cook Memorial Church Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Ann Catholic Church Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Stotonic Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Chuichu South Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Chuichu North Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Cockleburr Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cockleburr Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cockleburr Cemetery is located 15 miles [24.1 km]<5> to the northeast of Casa Grande.
      • The Cockleburr Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Cuckelburr Cemetery
      • Cuckleburr Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2232225 <3>
    • Blackwater Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Valley of the Sun Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley of the Sun Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valley of the Sun Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Bon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bon.

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

  • Casa Grande
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Maricopa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sweetwater
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
    • Sweetwater is located in Pinal County
  • Sacaton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Heaton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heaton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
    • Heaton is located in Pinal County
  • Toltec
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
    • Toltec is located in Pinal County
    • Toltec has also been known as:
    • Toltec City
  • Kyrene
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrene
    • Kyrene is located in Maricopa County
  • Picacho
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Estrella
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Estrella have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estrella
    • Estrella is located in Maricopa County

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

Newspapers Published in Bon ...

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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bon, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bon.

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 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 Bon:

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

The official website for Pinal County: www.co.pinal.az.us/

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>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9714, Longitude: -111.9085       In this case, the coordinates for Bon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Bon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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