Welcome to Buena Vista ...

So far, we found very little information about Buena Vista. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Buena Vista to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Buena Vista, please Contact Us.

Buena Vista would have been located within present day Graham County<2>.

The location of Buena Vista has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While the community is gone, the present day location for Buena Vista is 3,040 feet [927 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Buena Vista is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Buena Vista was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Buena Vista and travel east, 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.

The location where Buena Vista once stood is in the (928) area code.

Websites for Buena Vista ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.graham-chamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Buena Vista, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Buena Vista ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 87 communities that are also named Buena Vista - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California (8), Colorado, Florida (4), Georgia (3), Illinois (2), Indiana (4), Iowa (3), Kansas (2), Kentucky (4), Maryland (2), Michigan, Mississippi (3), Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico (5), New York, North Carolina (4), Ohio (5), Oregon, Pennsylvania (6), Saskatchewan, Tennessee (2), Texas (9), Utah (3), Virginia (3), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Buena Vista.

Communities near Buena Vista ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Buena Vista.

• Safford
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safford
  • Safford is located in Graham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,951 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Safford <5>
• Thatcher
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thatcher
  • Thatcher is located in Graham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,264 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thatcher <5>
• Pima
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pima
  • Pima is located in Graham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,588 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pima <5>
• Solomon
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon
  • Solomon is located in Graham County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Solomon <5>
• Cactus Flat
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Flat
  • Cactus Flat is located in Graham County
• Graham
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Graham is located in Graham County
• Lebanon
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
  • Lebanon is located in Graham County
• Swift Trail Junction
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Trail Junction
  • Swift Trail Junction is located in Graham County
• Artesia
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
  • Artesia is located in Graham County
• Central
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Central is located in Graham County

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 Buena Vista. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Buena Vista.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Buena Vista. 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 Buena Vista.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Graham County: www.graham.az.gov/

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