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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 Dos Cabezas (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 Dos Cabezas. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Dos Cabezas 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 Dos Cabezas. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dos Cabezas:

  • Cochise County     (The home county of Dos Cabezas)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dos Cabezas, with the one closest to Dos Cabezas listed first.
    • Camp Bowie ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Bowie
      • Camp Bowie is located in Cochise County
    • Fort Bowie ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bowie
      • Fort Bowie is located in Cochise County
    • Bowie
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Willcox
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cochise
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Sunizona
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunizona
      • Sunizona is located in Cochise County
    • Pearce
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearce have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
      • Pearce is located in Cochise County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearce <1>
    • San Simon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Hilltop ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
    • Dragoon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Paradise
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
      • Paradise is located in Cochise County
    • Courtland ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Courtland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
      • Courtland is located in Cochise County
    • Turquoise ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turquoise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turquoise
      • Turquoise is located in Cochise County
  • Graham County
    • Whitlock Cienega ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitlock Cienega have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock Cienega
      • Whitlock Cienega is located in Graham County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Dos Cabezas ...

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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dos Cabezas.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Dos Cabezas. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Dos Cabezas and those printed in the larger area surrounding Dos Cabezas.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Dos Cabezas.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Dos Cabezas:

Cemeteries Near Dos Cabezas ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dos Cabezas.

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

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

  • Ft. Bowie Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Sulphur Springs Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sulphur Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sulphur Springs Cemetery
  • Riggs Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riggs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riggs Cemetery
  • Bowie Desert Rest Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Light Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Light Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Light Cemetery
  • Neighborhood Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Erickson Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Erickson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Erickson Cemetery
  • Cochise Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Pearce Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Kambitsch Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • 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
  • Dragoon Springs Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dragoon Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dragoon Springs Cemetery
  • Paradise Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • 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

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, Dos Cabezas had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Fort Bowie ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bowie
    • Fort Bowie is located in Cochise County
  • Bowie
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Luzena
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luzena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzena
    • Luzena is located in Cochise County
  • Willcox
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Olga
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olga have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
    • Olga is located in Cochise County
  • San Simon
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Dragoon
    (26 miles [41.8 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 Dos Cabezas. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dos Cabezas.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dos Cabezas. 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>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- Dos Cabezas) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dos Cabezas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1750, Longitude: -109.6133    
<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 Dos Cabezas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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