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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 Carlton Vista (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 Carlton Vista. 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.

Name Variations for Carlton Vista ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Carlton Vista: Carlton Vis.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Carlton Vista is located in Greenlee 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 Greenlee County: Apache, Cochise, Graham, Catron (NM), Grant (NM) & Hidalgo (NM).

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

  • Greenlee County     (The home county of Carlton Vista)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlton Vista, with the one closest to Carlton Vista listed first.
    • Blue
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sprucedale ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sprucedale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucedale
      • Sprucedale is located in Greenlee County
  • Apache County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlton Vista, with the one closest to Carlton Vista listed first.
    • Alpine
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Nutrioso
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Greer
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Northwoods
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwoods
      • Northwoods is located in Apache County
    • Eagar
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Springerville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Catron County (NM)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlton Vista, with the one closest to Carlton Vista listed first.
    • Luna
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Reserve
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Alma
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Alma is located in Catron County (NM)
    • Cruzville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruzville
      • Cruzville is located in Catron County (NM)
    • Mogollon ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogollon
      • Mogollon is located in Catron County (NM)
    • Glenwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Carlton Vista ...

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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carlton Vista.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carlton Vista, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carlton Vista.

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 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 Carlton Vista:

Cemeteries Near Carlton Vista ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carlton Vista.

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

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

  • Blue Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jones Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57044 <4>
  • Alpine City Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Schultz Gravesite
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Luna Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Rogers Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Maxwell Family Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Maxwell Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Maxwell Family Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Nutrioso.
    • The Maxwell Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Maxwell Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maxwell Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57060 <4>
  • Nutrioso Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Reserve Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reserve Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reserve Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38357 <4>
  • Spur Lake Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Butler Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Butler Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Butler Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56983 <4>
  • Cooney Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cooney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cooney Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38011 <4>
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Cooney Tomb
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cooney Tomb have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cooney Tomb
    • Eagar Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Mogollon Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Mogollon Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mogollon Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38236 <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.<6>

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

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

  • Nutrioso
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Mogollon ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogollon
    • Mogollon is located in Catron County (NM)

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

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

The official website for Greenlee County: www.co.greenlee.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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carlton Vista) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Carlton Vista. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7034, Longitude: -109.1531       In this case, the coordinates for Carlton Vista have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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.
<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 Carlton Vista, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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