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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 Mack (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 Mack. 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 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.

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

  • Yavapai County     (The home county of Mack)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mack, with the one closest to Mack listed first.
    • Drake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
      • Drake is located in Yavapai County
    • Puntenney ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Puntenney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puntenney
      • Puntenney is located in Yavapai County
    • Paulden
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Chino Valley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jerome
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Clarkdale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Ash Fork
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Clemenceau ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clemenceau have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemenceau
      • Clemenceau is located in Yavapai County
    • Cottonwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Smelter City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smelter City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter City
      • Smelter City is located in Yavapai County
    • Williamson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamson
      • Williamson is located in Yavapai County
    • Prescott Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Coconino County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mack, with the one closest to Mack listed first.
    • Williams
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Williams Junction
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Williams Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Junction
      • Williams Junction is located in Coconino County
    • Corva ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Corva. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corva
      • Corva is located in Coconino County
    • Parks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Mack ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mack.

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

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

  • Cedar Glade Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Puntenney Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Del Rio Springs Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jerome Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jerome Cemetery
    • The Jerome Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hogback Cemetery
    • Jerome / Hogback Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1405783 <4>
  • Chino Valley Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Valley View Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Azteca Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Azteca Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Azteca Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2233174 <4>
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ash Fork Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rolling Hills Cemetery #1
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Rolling Hills Cemetery #2
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • All Souls Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Las Vegas Ranch Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Las Vegas Ranch Cemetery
      • The Las Vegas Ranch Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Granit Mtn. Cemetery
      • Pierce Cemetery
      • Williamson Valley Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2265020 <4>
    • Boblett Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boblett Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boblett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2299791 <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.<5>

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

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

  • Puntenney ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Puntenney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puntenney
    • Puntenney is located in Yavapai County
  • Chino Valley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jerome
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Williams
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Cottonwood
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ash Fork
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Verde
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verde have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verde
    • Verde is located in Yavapai County
  • Cornville
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fort Whipple
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Whipple have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Whipple
    • Fort Whipple is located in Yavapai County
  • Whipple
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whipple have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
    • Whipple is located in Yavapai County
  • Cherry
    (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 Mack. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mack.

Newspapers Published in Mack ...

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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mack.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mack, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mack.

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 Mack:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mack. 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>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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>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 Mack, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Mack) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mack. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9603, Longitude: -112.2871       In this case, the coordinates for Mack have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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