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Welcome to Canelo ...

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

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


Canelo would have been located within present day Santa Cruz County<2>.

Canelo was established in 1904.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Canelo is 4,990 feet [1,521 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Canelo is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Canelo was located: 520

In the past, Canelo was named Canille. and Canille. For more information about the names of Canelo, see The Names of Canelo on our Genealogy Page.

Communities near Canelo ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Canelo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Canelo in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Canelo was on a map titled Road Map for Arizona (from Shell Oil, 1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Canelo.

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Canelo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Santa Cruz, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Canelo - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.