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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 Friendly Corners (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 Friendly Corners. 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 Friendly Corners ...

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 Friendly Corners: Friendly Cors.

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.

Friendly Corners is located in Pinal 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 Pinal County: Gila, Graham, Maricopa & Pima.

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

  • Pinal County     (The home county of Friendly Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendly Corners, with the one closest to Friendly Corners listed first.
    • Picacho
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sasco ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sasco. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sasco
      • Sasco is located in Pinal County
    • Eloy
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eloy
      • Eloy is located in Pinal County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,279 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eloy <1>
    • Arizona City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Toltec
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
      • Toltec is located in Pinal County
      • Toltec has also been known as:
      • Toltec City
    • Red Rock
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Chuichu
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuichu
      • Chuichu is located in Pinal County
    • Eleven Mile Corner
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • La Palma
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Palma
      • La Palma is located in Pinal County
    • Tat Momoli
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tat Momoli
      • Tat Momoli is located in Pinal County
    • Randolph
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
      • Randolph is located in Pinal County
    • Casa Grande
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Vaiva Vo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaiva Vo
      • Vaiva Vo is located in Pinal County
  • Pima County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Friendly Corners, with the one closest to Friendly Corners listed first.
    • Avra Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avra Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avra Valley
      • Avra Valley is located in Pima County
    • Nelson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
      • Nelson is located in Pima County
    • Marana
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Picture Rocks
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Picture Rocks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picture Rocks
      • Picture Rocks is located in Pima County
    • Rillito
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Friendly Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Friendly Corners.

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

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

  • Sasco Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sasco Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sasco Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Eloy Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eloy Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eloy Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Silver Bell Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silver Bell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silver Bell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Desert Rose Memorial Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Chuichu North Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Chuichu South Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Cockleburr Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cockleburr Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cockleburr Cemetery is located 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> to the northeast of Casa Grande.
    • The Cockleburr Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cuckelburr Cemetery
    • Cuckleburr Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2232225 <5>
  • Valley Memorial Park
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valley Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Florence Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Adamsville Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Butte View Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Blackwater Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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.<6>

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

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

  • Picacho
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Toltec
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
    • Toltec is located in Pinal County
    • Toltec has also been known as:
    • Toltec City
  • Red Rock
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Casa Grande
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rillito
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Friendly Corners ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Friendly Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Friendly Corners, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Friendly Corners.

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 helpful 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 Friendly Corners:

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

The official website for Pinal County: www.co.pinal.az.us/

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>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.
<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>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- Friendly Corners) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Friendly Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6178, Longitude: -111.5510       In this case, the coordinates for Friendly Corners 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.
<6>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 Friendly Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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