Our Genealogy Helper
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 Dennison (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 Dennison. 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 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.
Dennison is located in Coconino 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 Coconino County: Gila, Mohave, Navajo, Yavapai, Kane (UT) & San Juan (UT).
Below are the counties that are near Dennison. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dennison:
- Coconino County (The home county of Dennison)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dennison, with the one closest to Dennison listed first.
- Meteor City
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meteor City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meteor City
- Meteor City is located in Coconino County
- Sunshine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Lechee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Winslow West
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winslow West have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow West
- Winslow West is located in Coconino County
- Two Guns ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Guns
- Two Guns is located in Coconino County
- Canyon Diablo ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Diablo
- Canyon Diablo is located in Coconino County
- Leupp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leupp
- Leupp is located in Coconino County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leupp <2>
- Angell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Tolani Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolani Lake
- Tolani Lake is located in Coconino County
- Navajo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dennison, with the one closest to Dennison listed first.
- Winslow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Winslow is located in Navajo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,659 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winslow <2>
- Brigham City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brigham City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigham City
- Brigham City is located in Navajo County
- Sunset City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset City
- Sunset City is located in Navajo County
- Sunset ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dennison, see our County-by-County Page for Dennison.
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 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 Dennison:
- Websites specific to Arizona
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.azlibrary.gov/arm
- Pages specific to Coconino County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Navajo County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Navajo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arizona
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Arizona
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Arizona
- Cemeteries of Coconino County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Arizona
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Arizona
- Cemeteries of Coconino County
Cemeteries Near Dennison ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dennison.
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 Dennison covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dennison, with the one closest to Dennison listed first.
- Desert View Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Desert View Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Winslow.
- The Desert View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Winslow Desert View Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Desert View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1967591 <4>
- Brigham City Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Brigham City Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- The Brigham City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bellenger's Camp Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brigham City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1981013 <4>
- Canyon Diablo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Canyon Diablo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Canyon Diablo
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2330230 <4>
- Whipple Memorial Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whipple Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whipple Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57140 <4>
- Sunset Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Cemetery
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Dennison had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dennison, with the one closest to Dennison listed first.
- Canyon Diablo ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Diablo
- Canyon Diablo is located in Coconino County
- Angell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dennison. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dennison.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dennison. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Coconino County: www.co.coconino.az.us/
The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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> | 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 Dennison, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |