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 Nicksville (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 Nicksville. 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.
Nicksville is located in Cochise 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 Cochise County: Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Santa Cruz & Hidalgo (NM).
Below are the counties that are near Nicksville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nicksville:
- Cochise County (The home county of Nicksville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicksville, with the one closest to Nicksville listed first.
- Hereford
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Miracle Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Miracle Valley is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Valley
- Sierra Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Palominas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Palominas is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palominas
- Coronado Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coronado Village is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronado Village
- De Anza Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- De Anza Village is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Anza Village
- Fort Huachuca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Signal Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Signal Village is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Village
- Sunnyside ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Charleston ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Charleston is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Huachuca City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bisbee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Santa Cruz County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nicksville, with the one closest to Nicksville listed first.
- Canelo ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canelo is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canelo
- Former name for Canelo:
- Canille
- Elgin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lochiel ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lochiel is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochiel
- Duquesne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Duquesne is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquesne
- Mowry ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mowry is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowry
- Washington Camp ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Washington Camp is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Camp
- Harshaw ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Harshaw is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
- Sonoita
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Casa Blanca ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Casa Blanca is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
- Crittenden ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Crittenden is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crittenden
- Patagonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nicksville, see our County-by-County Page for Nicksville.
Cemeteries Near Nicksville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nicksville.
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 Nicksville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nicksville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nicksville, with the one closest to Nicksville listed first.
- Tompkins Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Miracle Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fry Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry Cemetery
- The Fry Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fry Family Cemetery
- Fry Pioneer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2176887 <2>
- Cochise Memory Gardens Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ft. Huachuca Post Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ft. Huachuca Post Cemetery
- 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 west of Fort Huachuca.
- The Ft. Huachuca Post Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ft. Huachuca Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968897 <2>
- Memory Gardens Cemetery (Don Luis)
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Black Oak Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairbank Pioneer Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbank Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairbank Pioneer Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the west of Tombstone.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tombstone Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tombstone Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tombstone Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Tombstone.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #513617 <2>
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Boothill Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lochief Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fruitland Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 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.<4>
While we didn't find Nicksville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nicksville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nicksville, with the one closest to Nicksville listed first.
- Fort Huachuca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bisbee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fairbank ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fairbank is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbank
- Tombstone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Contention City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Contention City is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contention City
- Contention City has also been known as:
- Contention
- Lochiel ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lochiel is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochiel
- Harshaw ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Harshaw is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
- Sonoita
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nicksville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nicksville.
Newspapers Published in Nicksville ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nicksville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nicksville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nicksville.
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 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 Nicksville:
- Websites specific to Arizona
- Pages specific to Cochise 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> | 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- Nicksville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Nicksville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |