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 Jacob Lake (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 Jacob Lake. 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 Jacob Lake ...

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.

Another variation: Jacob's Lake.

• A typical abbreviation for Jacob Lake: Jacob Lk.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

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

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

• Coconino County     (The home county of Jacob Lake)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Jacob Lake, with the one closest to Jacob Lake listed first.
  • Ryan ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
    • Ryan is located in Coconino County
  • Mangum Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum Springs
    • Mangum Springs is located in Coconino County
  • Fredonia
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
    • Fredonia is located in Coconino County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,272 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fredonia <1>
• Mohave County
  • Sixmile Village
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sixmile Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Village
    • Sixmile Village is located in Mohave County
• Kane County (UT)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Jacob Lake, with the one closest to Jacob Lake listed first.
  • Johnson ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Johnson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
    • Johnson is located in Kane County (UT)
  • Kanab
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanab
    • Kanab is located in Kane County (UT)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,983 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kanab <1>
  • Fort Kanab ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Kanab. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kanab
    • Fort Kanab is located in Kane County (UT)

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

Newspapers Published in Jacob Lake ...

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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jacob Lake.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jacob Lake, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jacob Lake.

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 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 Jacob Lake:

• Websites specific to Arizona
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the //www.azlibrary.gov/arm

• Pages specific to Coconino County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Mohave County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Kane County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Arizona
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Arizona
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Arizona
  • Cemeteries of Coconino County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Arizona
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Arizona
  • Cemeteries of Coconino County

Cemeteries Near Jacob Lake ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jacob Lake.

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

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

• House Rock Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the House Rock Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2321207 <5>
• Honeymoon Trail Gravesites
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Honeymoon Trail Gravesites
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2321222 <5>
• Parker Place Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parker Place Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2321175 <5>
• Fredonia Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fredonia Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Fredonia.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fredonia Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2142231 <5>
• Johnson Cemetery
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Johnson Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> to the west of Kanab (UT).
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1989899 <5>
• Kanab City Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kanab City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Kanab (UT).
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kanab City Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77286 <5>
• Kanab Pioneer Park Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kanab Pioneer Park Cemetery is located in Kanab (UT).
  • The Kanab Pioneer Park Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Kanab Pioneer Cemetery
  • North Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kanab Pioneer Park Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2368853 <5>

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 Jacob Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jacob Lake.

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

• Johnson ‑ Historic
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Johnson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
  • Johnson is located in Kane County (UT)
• Kanab
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanab
  • Kanab is located in Kane County (UT)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,983 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kanab <1>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Coconino County: www.co.coconino.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/