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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 Kansas Settlement (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 Kansas Settlement. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

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

  • Cochise County     (The home county of Kansas Settlement)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kansas Settlement, with the one closest to Kansas Settlement listed first.
    • Cochise
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Dos Cabezas
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dos Cabezas
      • Dos Cabezas is located in Cochise County
    • Pearce
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pearce. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
      • Pearce is located in Cochise County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearce <1>
    • Willcox
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Sunizona
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunizona
      • Sunizona is located in Cochise County
    • Dragoon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Camp Bowie ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Bowie
      • Camp Bowie is located in Cochise County
    • Fort Bowie ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bowie
      • Fort Bowie is located in Cochise County
    • Courtland ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Courtland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
      • Courtland is located in Cochise County
    • Turquoise ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Turquoise. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turquoise
      • Turquoise is located in Cochise County
    • Gleeson ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gleeson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleeson
      • Gleeson is located in Cochise County
    • Bowie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Elfrida
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Kansas Settlement ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kansas Settlement.

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

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

  • Sulphur Springs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sulphur Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sulphur Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cochise Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Pearce Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Light Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • 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.
  • Riggs Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • 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.
  • Dragoon Springs Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dragoon Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dragoon Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kambitsch Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • 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.
  • Ft. Bowie Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Neighborhood Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Erickson Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • 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.
  • Gleeson Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Bowie Desert Rest Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Whitewater Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Rucker Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • 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.
    • St. David Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. David Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. David Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Dos Cabezas
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dos Cabezas
    • Dos Cabezas is located in Cochise County
  • Willcox
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Dragoon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Fort Bowie ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bowie
    • Fort Bowie is located in Cochise County
  • Luzena
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luzena have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzena
    • Luzena is located in Cochise County
  • Saint David
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Olga
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • 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

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

Newspapers Published in Kansas Settlement ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kansas Settlement.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kansas Settlement, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kansas Settlement.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Kansas Settlement:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kansas Settlement. 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kansas Settlement) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kansas Settlement. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0651, Longitude: -109.7628       In this case, the coordinates for Kansas Settlement have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<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 Kansas Settlement, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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