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Introduction ...

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

We've added Fish Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fish Creek, 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 Fish Creek (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 Fish Creek. 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 Fish Creek ...

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 Fish Creek: Fish Crk. (or less commonly used: Fish Ck. or Fish Cr.)

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.

Although our information shows that the community of Fish Creek is historic, it would have been located within present day Maricopa 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 Maricopa County: Gila, La Paz, Pima, Pinal, Yavapai & Yuma.

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

  • Maricopa County     (The home county of Fish Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fish Creek, with the one closest to Fish Creek listed first.
    • Tortilla Flat
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Apache Junction
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Silver Spur Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Spur Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spur Village
      • Silver Spur Village is located in Maricopa County
    • Fort McDowell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort McDowell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McDowell
      • Fort McDowell is located in Maricopa County
    • Rio Verde
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Buckhorn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
      • Buckhorn is located in Maricopa County
    • Fountain Hills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Royal Palm Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Palm Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palm Village
      • Royal Palm Village is located in Maricopa County
    • Queen Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Higley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sanokai Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanokai Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanokai Village
      • Sanokai Village is located in Maricopa County
    • Summer Place Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summer Place Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Place Village
      • Summer Place Village is located in Maricopa County
  • Gila County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fish Creek, with the one closest to Fish Creek listed first.
    • Roosevelt
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Tonto Basin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Top-of-the-World
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top-of-the-World
      • Top-of-the-World is located in Gila County
    • Inspiration
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inspiration have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inspiration
      • Inspiration is located in Gila County
    • Miami
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Claypool
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Midland City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midland City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland City
      • Midland City is located in Gila County
  • Pinal County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fish Creek, with the one closest to Fish Creek listed first.
    • Goldfield ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
      • Goldfield is located in Pinal County
    • Youngberg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngberg
      • Youngberg is located in Pinal County
    • Gold Canyon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Gold Camp
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Camp
      • Gold Camp is located in Pinal County
    • Queen Valley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Smelter Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smelter Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter Town
      • Smelter Town is located in Pinal County
    • Silver King ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver King
      • Silver King is located in Pinal County
    • Pinal ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pinal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinal
      • Pinal is located in Pinal County
    • Superior
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cochran ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
      • Cochran is located in Pinal County

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

Newspapers Published in Fish Creek ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fish Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fish Creek, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fish Creek.

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 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 Fish Creek:

Cemeteries Near Fish Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fish Creek.

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

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

  • Reevis Gravesite
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reevis Gravesite have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reevis Gravesite
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57095 <6>
  • Historic Roosevelt Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Historic Roosevelt Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • The Historic Roosevelt Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Roosevelt Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Historic Roosevelt Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2487949 <6>
  • Bacon Family Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Silver King Pioneer Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Silver King Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silver King Pioneer Cemetery
  • Pinal City Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Pinal City Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinal City Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountain View Memorial Gardens
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Packard Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Jim Hart Memorial Monument
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jim Hart Memorial Monument have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jim Hart Memorial Monument
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...

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 Fish Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fish Creek.

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

  • Silver King ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver King
    • Silver King is located in Pinal County
  • Pinal ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pinal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinal
    • Pinal is located in Pinal County
  • Reymert ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reymert have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reymert
    • Reymert is located in Pinal County
  • Lehi
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lehi have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehi
    • Lehi is located in Maricopa County

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

The official website for Maricopa County: www.maricopa.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 Fish Creek, 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' (or 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- Fish Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fish Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5334, Longitude: -111.3062       In this case, the coordinates for Fish Creek 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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