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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 Hamilton Crossing (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 Hamilton Crossing. 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 Hamilton Crossing ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Hamilton Crossing: Hamilton Xing.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hamilton Crossing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hamilton Crossing.

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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Hamilton Crossing is located in Coconino 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 Coconino County: Gila, Mohave, Navajo, Yavapai, Kane (UT) & San Juan (UT).

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

  • Coconino County     (The home county of Hamilton Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton Crossing, with the one closest to Hamilton Crossing listed first.
    • Wiggins Crossing
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Wiggins Crossing is located in Coconino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiggins Crossing
    • Clints Well
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Clints Well is located in Coconino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clints Well
    • Happy Jack
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Forest Lakes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lechee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lechee is located in Coconino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lechee
    • Winslow West
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Winslow West is located in Coconino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow West
    • Meteor City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Meteor City is located in Coconino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meteor City
    • Stoneman Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Stoneman Lake is located in Coconino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneman Lake
  • Gila County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton Crossing, with the one closest to Hamilton Crossing listed first.
    • Christopher Creek
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Christopher Creek is located in Gila County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher Creek
    • Kohls Ranch
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Kohls Ranch is located in Gila County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kohls Ranch
    • Tonto Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Tonto Village is located in Gila County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonto Village
    • Bear Flat
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Bear Flat is located in Gila County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Flat
    • Whispering Pines
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Whispering Pines is located in Gila County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
    • Freedom Acres
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Freedom Acres is located in Gila County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Acres
    • Geronimo Estates
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Geronimo Estates is located in Gila County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geronimo Estates
    • Flowing Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Flowing Springs is located in Gila County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Springs
    • Mesa Del Caballo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mesa Del Caballo is located in Gila County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Del Caballo
  • Navajo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton Crossing, with the one closest to Hamilton Crossing listed first.
    • Heber
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Heber - Overgaard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Heber - Overgaard is located in Navajo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber - Overgaard
    • Winslow
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Hamilton Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hamilton Crossing.

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 Hamilton Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hamilton Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Heber Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Stott, Scott & Wilson Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Baca Family Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Baca Family Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baca Family Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Baca Family Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southwest of Heber.
    • The Baca Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Baca Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2217985 <2>

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Hamilton Crossing:

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hamilton Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.