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 Marble Canyon (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 Marble Canyon. 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 Marble Canyon ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Marble Canyon: Marble Cyn. (or less commonly used: Marble Canyn. or Marble Cnyn.)

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 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.

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

• Coconino County     (The home county of Marble Canyon)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Marble Canyon, with the one closest to Marble Canyon listed first.
  • Lee's Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee's Ferry
    • Lee's Ferry is located in Coconino County
    • Lee's Ferry has also been known as:
    • Little Colorado Station
    • Saint's Ferry
  • Page
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
    • Page is located in Coconino County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,516 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Page <1>
  • Bitter Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter Springs
    • Bitter Springs is located in Coconino County
• Kane County (UT)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Marble Canyon, with the one closest to Marble Canyon listed first.
  • Big Water
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Water
    • Big Water is located in Kane County (UT)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 507 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Water <1>
  • Adairville ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adairville
    • Adairville is located in Kane County (UT)
  • Rockhouse ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rockhouse. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
    • Rockhouse is located in Kane County (UT)
  • Shirts Fort ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shirts Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirts Fort
    • Shirts Fort is located in Kane County (UT)

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

Newspapers Published in Marble Canyon ...

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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Marble Canyon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Marble Canyon, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Marble Canyon.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Marble Canyon:

• 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
  • 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 Marble Canyon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marble Canyon.

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

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

• Lonely Dell Ranch Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • The Lonely Dell Ranch Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Lee's Ferry Cemetery
  • Lonely Dell Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lonely Dell Ranch Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2281317 <4>
• Page Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Page Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1993190 <4>
• Parker Place Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parker Place Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2321175 <4>
• House Rock Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the House Rock Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2321207 <4>
• Honeymoon Trail Gravesites
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Honeymoon Trail Gravesites
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2321222 <4>
• Adairville Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Adairville Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Adairville Cemetery is located 33 miles [53.1 km]<3> to the west of Kanab (UT).
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adairville Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2371838 <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 Marble Canyon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Marble Canyon.

• Lee's Ferry
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee's Ferry
  • Lee's Ferry is located in Coconino County
  • Lee's Ferry has also been known as:
  • Little Colorado Station
  • Saint's Ferry

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Marble Canyon. 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/