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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 Lancaster (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 Lancaster. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Lancaster is located in Yavapai 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 Yavapai County: Coconino, Gila, La Paz, Maricopa & Mohave.

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

  • Yavapai County     (The home county of Lancaster)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lancaster, with the one closest to Lancaster listed first.
    • Camp Verde
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Bug ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Big Bug. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bug
      • Big Bug is located in Yavapai County
    • Lake Montezuma
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Arcosanti
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcosanti
      • Arcosanti is located in Yavapai County
    • Cordes Lakes
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • McGuireville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuireville
      • McGuireville is located in Yavapai County
    • Rimrock
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Cordes Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordes Junction
      • Cordes Junction is located in Yavapai County
    • Cordes ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordes
      • Cordes is located in Yavapai County
    • Spring Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Cherry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bumble Bee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Coconino County
    • Clints Well
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clints Well
      • Clints Well is located in Coconino County
  • Gila County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lancaster, with the one closest to Lancaster listed first.
    • Strawberry
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Geronimo Estates
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geronimo Estates
      • Geronimo Estates is located in Gila County
    • Flowing Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Springs
      • Flowing Springs is located in Gila County
    • Payson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Freedom Acres
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Acres
      • Freedom Acres is located in Gila County
    • Oxbow Estates
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow Estates
      • Oxbow Estates is located in Gila County
    • Mesa Del Caballo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Del Caballo
      • Mesa Del Caballo is located in Gila County
    • Whispering Pines
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
      • Whispering Pines is located in Gila County
    • Rye
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Star Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Valley
      • Star Valley is located in Gila County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,327 people
      • Star Valley has also been known as:
      • Diamond Star
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Star Valley <1>
    • Deer Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
      • Deer Creek is located in Gila County

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

Cemeteries Near Lancaster ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lancaster.

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

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

  • Strawberry Old Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Strawberry Old Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Strawberry Old Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2536032 <3>
  • Squaw Peak Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pine Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Pine.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1978653 <3>
  • Clear Creek Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Payson Pioneer Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Middle Verde Yavapai - Apache Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Middle Verde Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Beaver Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Beaver Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2516222 <3>
  • Haught Ranch Pioneer Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haught Ranch Pioneer Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Haught Ranch Pioneer Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Rye.
    • The Haught Ranch Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Last Roundup Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2253543 <3>
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...

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.<4>

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

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

  • Pine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Camp Verde
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Bug ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Big Bug. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bug
    • Big Bug is located in Yavapai County
  • Payson
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Rye
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Cordes ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordes
    • Cordes is located in Yavapai County
  • Bumble Bee
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Cherry
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Stoddard ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stoddard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
    • Stoddard is located in Yavapai County

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

Newspapers Published in Lancaster ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lancaster.

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

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 Lancaster:

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

The official website for Yavapai County: www.co.yavapai.az.us/

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 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.
<4>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 Lancaster, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 from Point A (ie- Lancaster) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lancaster. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3136, Longitude: -111.7154       In this case, the coordinates for Lancaster have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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