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 Gripe (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 Gripe. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Gripe is located in Graham County.
To see how the shape of Arizona's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Graham County: Apache, Cochise, Gila, Greenlee, Navajo, Pima & Pinal.
Below are the counties that are near Gripe. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gripe:
- Graham County (The home county of Gripe)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gripe, with the one closest to Gripe listed first.
- San Jose
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- San Jose is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
- Solomon
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Safford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cactus Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cactus Flat is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Flat
- Lebanon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lebanon is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
- Swift Trail Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Swift Trail Junction is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Trail Junction
- Graham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Graham is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Thatcher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Artesia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Artesia is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
- Central
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Central is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Pima
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bryce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bryce is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryce
- Greenlee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gripe, with the one closest to Gripe listed first.
- Guthrie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Guthrie is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Morenci
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- York
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- York is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Sheldon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sheldon is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
- Clifton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Metcalf ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Metcalf is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf
- Duncan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gripe, see our County-by-County Page for Gripe.
Cemeteries Near Gripe ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gripe.
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Gripe - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gripe covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gripe, with the one closest to Gripe listed first.
- San Jose Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Solomon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Epley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Epley Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Solomon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2568341 <3>
- Sanchez Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rest Haven Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Safford City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safford City Cemetery
- The Safford City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Layton Cemetery
- Safford Union Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57108 <3>
- Lebanon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Graham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Graham Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northeast of Thatcher.
- Artesia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Thatcher Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Central Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Central Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Central.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56989 <3>
- Old Central Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Hubbard Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pima Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Gripe in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gripe.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gripe, with the one closest to Gripe listed first.
- Safford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Thatcher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Central
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Central is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Pima
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bryce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bryce is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryce
- Guthrie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Guthrie is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Morenci
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Grant
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Grant is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Grant
- York
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- York is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Sheldon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sheldon is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
- Clifton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bonita ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bonita is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
- Fort Thomas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Duncan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gripe. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gripe.
Newspapers Published in Gripe ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gripe.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gripe, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gripe.
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 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 Gripe:
- Websites specific to Arizona
- Pages specific to Graham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arizona
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gripe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Gripe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |