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Introduction ...

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

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

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 Cascabel (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 Cascabel. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Cascabel is historic, it would have been located within present day Cochise 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 Cochise County: Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Santa Cruz & Hidalgo (NM).

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

  • Cochise County     (The home county of Cascabel)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cascabel, with the one closest to Cascabel listed first.
    • Pomerene
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Benson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Mescal
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mescal
      • Mescal is located in Cochise County
    • Whetstone
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whetstone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
      • Whetstone is located in Cochise County
    • Light ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Light. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
      • Light is located in Cochise County
    • Dragoon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint David
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Cochise
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pima County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cascabel, with the one closest to Cascabel listed first.
    • Harrington Place ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrington Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington Place
      • Harrington Place is located in Pima County
    • Willow Canyon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Canyon
      • Willow Canyon is located in Pima County
    • Tanque Verde
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanque Verde
      • Tanque Verde is located in Pima County
    • Mount Lemmon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Summerhaven
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhaven
      • Summerhaven is located in Pima County
    • Esmond
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Esmond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
      • Esmond is located in Pima County
    • Vail
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilmot
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilmot have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
      • Wilmot is located in Pima County
    • Vandenberg Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vandenberg Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandenberg Village
      • Vandenberg Village is located in Pima County
    • Littletown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littletown
      • Littletown is located in Pima County
  • Pinal County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cascabel, with the one closest to Cascabel listed first.
    • San Manuel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Campo Bonito ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campo Bonito
      • Campo Bonito is located in Pinal County

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

Newspapers Published in Cascabel ...

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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cascabel.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cascabel, 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 Cascabel.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Cascabel:

Cemeteries Near Cascabel ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cascabel.

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

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

  • Gamez Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Soza Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Apodaca Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Apodaca Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Apodaca Cemetery
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Tanque Verde Ranch Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tanque Verde Ranch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tanque Verde Ranch Cemetery
  • White Cross Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Cross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Cross Cemetery
  • Tanque Verde Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tanque Verde Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tanque Verde Cemetery
  • Rincon Congregational Church Columbarium
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rincon Congregational Church Columbarium have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rincon Congregational Church Columbarium
  • All Faiths Memorial Park
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Benson Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Benson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Benson Cemetery
  • Cochise Gardens of Rest Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Dragoon Springs Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dragoon Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dragoon Springs Cemetery
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Vail Childrens' Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vail Childrens' Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vail Childrens' Cemetery
    • Johns Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kennedy Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Kennedy Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kennedy Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57046 <6>

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.

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

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

  • Redington ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redington
    • Redington is located in Pima County
  • Benson
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Pantano
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pantano have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantano
    • Pantano is located in Pima County
  • Esmond
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Esmond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
    • Esmond is located in Pima County
  • Dragoon
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Vail
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint David
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Wilmot
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilmot have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
    • Wilmot is located in Pima County

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

The official website for Cochise County: www.cochise.az.gov/

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

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 Cascabel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cascabel) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cascabel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2915, Longitude: -110.3795       In this case, the coordinates for Cascabel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.




 

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