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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 Chiricahua (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 Chiricahua. 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.

Chiricahua is located in 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 Chiricahua. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chiricahua:

  • Cochise County     (The home county of Chiricahua)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chiricahua, with the one closest to Chiricahua listed first.
    • Apache
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache
      • Apache is located in Cochise County
    • Portal
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Paradise
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
      • Paradise is located in Cochise County
    • Douglas
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Pirtleville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • McNeal
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Hilltop ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilltop have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
      • Hilltop is located in Cochise County
    • Elfrida
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Double Adobe
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Adobe
      • Double Adobe is located in Cochise County
  • Hidalgo County (NM)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chiricahua, with the one closest to Chiricahua listed first.
    • Gibson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gibson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
      • Gibson is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
    • Rodeo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cloverdale ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
      • Cloverdale is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
  • Socorro County (NM)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chiricahua, with the one closest to Chiricahua listed first.
    • Garcia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia
      • Garcia is located in Socorro County (NM)
    • Bramlett ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramlett
      • Bramlett is located in Socorro County (NM)

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

Newspapers Published in Chiricahua ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chiricahua.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chiricahua, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chiricahua.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Chiricahua:

Cemeteries Near Chiricahua ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chiricahua.

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

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

  • Apache Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cottonwood Creek Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Slaughter Family Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Slaughter Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Slaughter Family Cemetery is located 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> to the west of Douglas.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Slaughter Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2221028 <5>
  • Rucker Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rucker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rucker Cemetery
  • Wells Family Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Rodeo Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cloverdale Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Paradise Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paradise Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paradise Cemetery
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Bisbee - Douglas Jewish Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • McNeal Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Old Pirtleville Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Sacred Heart Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sacred Heart Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Pirtleville.
      • The Sacred Heart Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Pirtleville Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57107 <5>
    • Calvary Memorial Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Memorial Park is located in Douglas.
      • The Calvary Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Douglas Memorial Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Memorial Park
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2277311 <5>
    • Kambitsch Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kambitsch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kambitsch Cemetery

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

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

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

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>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chiricahua) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chiricahua. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5923, Longitude: -109.2406       In this case, the coordinates for Chiricahua have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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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