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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Oldtrails. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Oldtrails to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oldtrails, please Contact Us.

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 Oldtrails (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 Oldtrails. 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 Oldtrails ...

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.

Another variation: Old Trails.

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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Oldtrails is historic, it would have been located within present day Mohave 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 Mohave County: Coconino, La Paz, Yavapai, San Bernardino (CA), Clark (NV), Lincoln (NV), Kane (UT) & Washington (UT).

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

  • Mohave County     (The home county of Oldtrails)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oldtrails, with the one closest to Oldtrails listed first.
    • Oatman
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Mesquite Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesquite Creek
      • Mesquite Creek is located in Mohave County
    • Fort Mohave
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Mohave Valley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Mojave Ranch Estates
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mojave Ranch Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mojave Ranch Estates
      • Mojave Ranch Estates is located in Mohave County
    • Bullhead City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hardyville ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardyville
      • Hardyville is located in Mohave County
    • Mojave City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mojave City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mojave City
      • Mojave City is located in Mohave County
    • Willow Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Valley
      • Willow Valley is located in Mohave County
    • Arizona Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arizona Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arizona Village
      • Arizona Village is located in Mohave County
    • Yucca
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fivemile Landing
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile Landing
      • Fivemile Landing is located in Mohave County
  • San Bernardino County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oldtrails, with the one closest to Oldtrails listed first.
    • Needles
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needles
      • Needles is located in San Bernardino County (CA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,942 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Needles <2>
    • Parker Junction
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Junction
      • Parker Junction is located in San Bernardino County (CA)
  • Clark County (NV)

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

Newspapers Published in Oldtrails ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oldtrails.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oldtrails, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oldtrails.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Oldtrails:

Cemeteries Near Oldtrails ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oldtrails.

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

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

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.

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

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

  • Drake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
    • Drake is located in Mohave County
  • Needles
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needles
    • Needles is located in San Bernardino County (CA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,942 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Needles <2>
  • Yucca
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Powell ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
    • Powell is located in Mohave County
  • Java
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Java have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Java
    • Java is located in San Bernardino County (CA)
  • Franconia
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franconia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
    • Franconia is located in Mohave County
  • Kingman
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Stockton
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stockton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
    • Stockton is located in Mohave County
  • Mineral Park ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mineral Park. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Park
    • Mineral Park is located in Mohave County

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

The official website for Mohave County: www.co.mohave.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Oldtrails, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oldtrails) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oldtrails. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0119, Longitude: -114.3895    
<5>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.
<6>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.




 

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