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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 Horse Mesa (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 Horse Mesa. 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 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.

Horse Mesa is located in 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 Horse Mesa. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Horse Mesa:

  • Maricopa County     (The home county of Horse Mesa)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horse Mesa, with the one closest to Horse Mesa listed first.
    • Tortilla Flat
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Apache Junction
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort McDowell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort McDowell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McDowell
      • Fort McDowell is located in Maricopa County
    • Silver Spur Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Spur Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spur Village
      • Silver Spur Village is located in Maricopa County
    • Rio Verde
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fountain Hills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Buckhorn
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
      • Buckhorn is located in Maricopa County
    • Royal Palm Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Palm Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palm Village
      • Royal Palm Village is located in Maricopa County
    • Summer Place Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summer Place Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Place Village
      • Summer Place Village is located in Maricopa County
    • Higley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Queen Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Continental Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Continental Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
      • Continental Village is located in Maricopa County
    • Hohokam Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hohokam Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohokam Village
      • Hohokam Village is located in Maricopa County
  • Gila County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horse Mesa, with the one closest to Horse Mesa listed first.
    • Roosevelt
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Tonto Basin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Top-of-the-World
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top-of-the-World
      • Top-of-the-World is located in Gila County
    • Jakes Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jakes Corner
      • Jakes Corner is located in Gila County
    • Inspiration
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Inspiration. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inspiration
      • Inspiration is located in Gila County
    • Miami
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pinal County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horse Mesa, with the one closest to Horse Mesa 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
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Gold Camp
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Camp
      • Gold Camp is located in Pinal County
    • Queen Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Smelter Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smelter Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver King
      • Silver King is located in Pinal County
    • Pinal ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 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.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinal
      • Pinal is located in Pinal County
    • Superior
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Horse Mesa ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Horse Mesa.

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

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

  • Reevis Gravesite
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reevis Gravesite
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reevis Gravesite have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57095 <4>
  • Historic Roosevelt Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Historic Roosevelt Cemetery
    • 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.<3>
    • The Historic Roosevelt Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Roosevelt Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2487949 <4>
  • Bacon Family Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Packard Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Jim Hart Memorial Monument
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jim Hart Memorial Monument
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jim Hart Memorial Monument have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mountain View Memorial Gardens
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Silver King Pioneer Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silver King Pioneer Cemetery
    • 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.<3>
  • Pinal City Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinal City Cemetery
    • 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.<3>
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Tonto Basin Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Mountain Breeze Memorial Gardenx
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • City of Mesa Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City of Mesa Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the City of Mesa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Mesa City Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Gilbert.
      • The Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Queen of Heaven Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57094 <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.<6>

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

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

  • Silver King ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver King
    • Silver King is located in Pinal County
  • Pinal ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 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.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinal
    • Pinal is located in Pinal County
  • Reymert ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reymert have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reymert
    • Reymert is located in Pinal County
  • Lehi
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lehi have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehi
    • Lehi is located in Maricopa County
  • Mesa
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa
    • Mesa is located in Maricopa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 528,159 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mesa <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Horse Mesa ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Horse Mesa.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Horse Mesa, 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 Horse Mesa.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Horse Mesa:

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

The official website for Maricopa County: www.maricopa.gov/

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>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.
<3>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.
<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>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- Horse Mesa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Horse Mesa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5831, Longitude: -111.3554       In this case, the coordinates for Horse Mesa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Horse Mesa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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