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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 Galeyville (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 Galeyville. 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.

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

  • Cochise County     (The home county of Galeyville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Galeyville, with the one closest to Galeyville listed first.
    • Paradise
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
      • Paradise is located in Cochise County
    • Hilltop ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hilltop. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
      • Hilltop is located in Cochise County
    • Portal
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Camp Bowie ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Bowie
      • Camp Bowie is located in Cochise County
    • Fort Bowie ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bowie
      • Fort Bowie is located in Cochise County
    • Apache
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache
      • Apache is located in Cochise County
    • San Simon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Sunizona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunizona
      • Sunizona is located in Cochise County
    • Dos Cabezas
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dos Cabezas
      • Dos Cabezas is located in Cochise County
    • Bowie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hidalgo County (NM)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Galeyville, with the one closest to Galeyville listed first.
    • Rodeo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Cotton City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton City
      • Cotton City is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
    • Steins ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steins
      • Steins is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
      • Former name for Steins:
      • Stein's Pass
    • Animas
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Gibson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • 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.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
      • Gibson is located in Hidalgo County (NM)

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

Cemeteries Near Galeyville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Galeyville.

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

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

  • Paradise Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paradise Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paradise Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Erickson Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Erickson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Erickson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Neighborhood Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Rodeo Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Riggs Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riggs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riggs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Apache Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Ft. Bowie Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Kambitsch Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kambitsch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kambitsch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rucker Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rucker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rucker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Busy Bee Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Busy Bee Cemetery
    • The Busy Bee Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Animas LDS Cemetery
    • Animas LDS Cemetery
    • Cotton City LDS Cemetery
    • Cotton City LDS Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2454001 <4>
  • Steins Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Valley View Community Church Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Light Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Light Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Light Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Middle Animas Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • John James Giddings Gravesite
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the John James Giddings Gravesite
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the John James Giddings Gravesite have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The John James Giddings Gravesite has also been known as:
      • Giddings Grave
      • Giddings Gravesite
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57018 <4>

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>

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

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

  • Fort Bowie ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bowie
    • Fort Bowie is located in Cochise County
  • San Simon
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Steins ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steins
    • Steins is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
    • Former name for Steins:
    • Stein's Pass
  • Olga
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olga have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
    • Olga is located in Cochise County
  • Dos Cabezas
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dos Cabezas
    • Dos Cabezas is located in Cochise County

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

Newspapers Published in Galeyville ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Galeyville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Galeyville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Galeyville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Galeyville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Galeyville. 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>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.
<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>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 Galeyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Galeyville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Galeyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9504, Longitude: -109.2184       In this case, the coordinates for Galeyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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