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 Komatke (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 Komatke. 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 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.
Komatke is located in Maricopa 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 Maricopa County: Gila, La Paz, Pima, Pinal, Yavapai & Yuma.
Below are the counties that are near Komatke. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Komatke:
- Maricopa County (The home county of Komatke)
- The following are listed by their distance from Komatke, with the one closest to Komatke listed first.
- Gila Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gila Crossing is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila Crossing
- Co-op Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Co-op Village is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Co-op Village
- Laveen Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Maricopa Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maricopa Village is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maricopa Village
- Ahwatukee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ahwatukee is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ahwatukee
- Capri Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Capri Village is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
- Catalina Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Catalina Village is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalina Village
- Centura West
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Centura West is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centura West
- Cashion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tolleson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Phoenix
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kyrene
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kyrene is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrene
- Guadalupe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pinal County
- The following are listed by their distance from Komatke, with the one closest to Komatke listed first.
- Santa Cruz
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Santa Cruz is located in Pinal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Cruz
- Maricopa Wells ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maricopa Wells is located in Pinal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maricopa Wells
- Maricopa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ak Chin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ak Chin is located in Pinal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ak Chin
- Ak-Chin Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Ak-Chin Village is located in Pinal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ak-Chin Village
- Bapchule
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Casa Blanca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Casa Blanca is located in Pinal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
- Sweetwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sweetwater is located in Pinal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Santan
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Santan is located in Pinal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santan
- Stotonic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stotonic is located in Pinal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotonic
- Stotonic has also been known as:
- Stetonic
- Stotonik
- Sacaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Komatke, see our County-by-County Page for Komatke.
Cemeteries Near Komatke ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Komatke.
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 Komatke - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Komatke covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Komatke, with the one closest to Komatke listed first.
- Co-Op Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cementerio Lindo Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beth Israel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Work Circle Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- City Loosley Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Knights of Pythias Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer & Memorial Park Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Porter Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Phoenix.
- The Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
- Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
- Memory Lawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57026 <2>
- Resthaven Park East Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Park East Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Resthaven Park East Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Phoenix.
- The Resthaven Park East Cemetery has also been known as:
- Resthaven / Carr - Tenney Memorial Gardens
- Resthaven Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57097 <2>
- Beth El Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (39 more) ...
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tempe Double Butte Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Guadalupe Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Komatke in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Komatke.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Komatke, with the one closest to Komatke listed first.
- Phoenix
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kyrene
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kyrene is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrene
- Heaton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Heaton is located in Pinal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
- Tempe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maricopa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Peoria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mesa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mesa is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528,159 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mesa <1>
- Sweetwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sweetwater is located in Pinal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Lehi
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lehi is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehi
- Estrella
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Estrella is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estrella
- Buckeye
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sacaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Komatke. See our List of 1890's Communities around Komatke.
Newspapers Published in Komatke ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Komatke.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Komatke, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Komatke.
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 Komatke:
- Websites specific to Arizona
- Pages specific to Maricopa 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> | 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> | 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 Komatke, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Komatke) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |