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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 Miracle Valley (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 Miracle Valley. 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 Miracle Valley ...

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 Miracle Valley: Miracle Vly. (or less commonly used: Miracle Vally. or Miracle Vlly.)

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

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

  • Cochise County     (The home county of Miracle Valley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Miracle Valley, with the one closest to Miracle Valley listed first.
    • Palominas
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palominas
      • Palominas is located in Cochise County
    • Hereford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Nicksville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nicksville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicksville
      • Nicksville is located in Cochise County
    • Naco
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Huachuca Terrace
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huachuca Terrace
      • Huachuca Terrace is located in Cochise County
    • Sierra Vista
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bisbee
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Don Luis
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Don Luis
      • Don Luis is located in Cochise County
    • Sunnyside ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
      • Sunnyside is located in Cochise County
    • Coronado Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coronado Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronado Village
      • Coronado Village is located in Cochise County
    • De Anza Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Anza Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Anza Village
      • De Anza Village is located in Cochise County
    • Fort Huachuca
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Santa Cruz County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Miracle Valley, with the one closest to Miracle Valley listed first.
    • Canelo ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canelo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canelo
      • Canelo is located in Santa Cruz County
      • Former name for Canelo:
      • Canille
    • Lochiel ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochiel
      • Lochiel is located in Santa Cruz County
    • Elgin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Miracle Valley ...

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 Miracle Valley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Miracle Valley, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Miracle Valley.

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 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 Miracle Valley:

Cemeteries Near Miracle Valley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Miracle Valley.

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

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

  • Miracle Valley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Memory Gardens Cemetery (Don Luis)
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Cochise Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Tompkins Memorial Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tompkins Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tompkins Memorial Park
  • Fry Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Sunnyside Pioneer Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Sunnyside Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunnyside Pioneer Cemetery
  • Ft. Huachuca Post Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ft. Huachuca Post Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Fort Huachuca.
    • The Ft. Huachuca Post Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ft. Huachuca Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Huachuca Post Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968897 <4>
  • Boothill Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Tombstone Cemetery (New)
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Tombstone Cemetery (Old)
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Paul Spur Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Fairbank Pioneer Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Fairbank Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairbank Pioneer Cemetery
    • Black Oak Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Bisbee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Fort Huachuca
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Tombstone
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Fairbank ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbank
    • Fairbank is located in Cochise County
  • Contention City ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Contention City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contention City
    • Contention City is located in Cochise County
    • Contention City has also been known as:
    • Contention
  • Lochiel ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochiel
    • Lochiel is located in Santa Cruz County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Miracle Valley. 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>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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Miracle Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Miracle Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3800, Longitude: -110.1521    
<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>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.
<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 Miracle Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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