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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 Pinnacle Paradise (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 Pinnacle Paradise. 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 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.

Pinnacle Paradise is located in Maricopa 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 Maricopa County: Gila, La Paz, Pima, Pinal, Yavapai & Yuma.

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

  • Maricopa County     (The home county of Pinnacle Paradise)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pinnacle Paradise, with the one closest to Pinnacle Paradise listed first.
    • Pinnacle Peak Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinnacle Peak Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle Peak Village
      • Pinnacle Peak Village is located in Maricopa County
    • Oakhurst
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhurst
      • Oakhurst is located in Maricopa County
    • Carefree Foothills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carefree Foothills
      • Carefree Foothills is located in Maricopa County
    • Paradise Village North II
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Village North II have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Village North II
      • Paradise Village North II is located in Maricopa County
    • Sandalwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandalwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalwood
      • Sandalwood is located in Maricopa County
    • Carefree
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Palm Lakes Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palm Lakes Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Lakes Village
      • Palm Lakes Village is located in Maricopa County
    • Paradise City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise City
      • Paradise City is located in Maricopa County
    • Cave Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Continental Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Continental Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
      • Continental Village is located in Maricopa County
    • The Town Square
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Town Square have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Town Square
      • The Town Square is located in Maricopa County
    • Central Park Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central Park Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Park Village
      • Central Park Village is located in Maricopa County
  • Pinal County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pinnacle Paradise, with the one closest to Pinnacle Paradise listed first.
    • Goldfield ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
      • Goldfield is located in Pinal County
    • Youngberg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngberg
      • Youngberg is located in Pinal County
  • Yavapai County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pinnacle Paradise, with the one closest to Pinnacle Paradise listed first.
    • Gillett ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
      • Gillett is located in Yavapai County
    • Black Canyon City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Pinnacle Paradise ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pinnacle Paradise.

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

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

  • Mount Sinai Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mount Sinai Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mount Sinai Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Phoenix.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2233155 <3>
  • Hansen Desert Hills Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cave Creek Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cave Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cave Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Paradise Memorial Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Phoenix Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Phoenix Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Phoenix Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Camelback Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camelback Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Camelback Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jim Hart Memorial Monument
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jim Hart Memorial Monument
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jim Hart Memorial Monument have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Francis Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Valley of the Sun Memorial Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley of the Sun Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valley of the Sun Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cross Cut Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Governor Hunt Tomb
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Governor Hunt Tomb
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Governor Hunt Tomb have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (31 more) ...
    • Green Acres Memorial Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • City of Mesa Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City of Mesa Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the City of Mesa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Mesa City Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Cave Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Lehi
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lehi have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehi
    • Lehi is located in Maricopa County
  • Tempe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tempe
    • Tempe is located in Maricopa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 200,402 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tempe <2>
  • Phoenix
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
    • Phoenix is located in Maricopa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708,127 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Phoenix <2>
  • Mesa
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa
    • Mesa is located in Maricopa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 528,159 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mesa <2>
  • Peoria
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
    • Peoria is located in Maricopa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 179,872 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peoria <2>
  • Kyrene
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrene
    • Kyrene is located in Maricopa County

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

Newspapers Published in Pinnacle Paradise ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pinnacle Paradise.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pinnacle Paradise, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pinnacle Paradise.

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 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 Pinnacle Paradise:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pinnacle Paradise. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Maricopa County: www.maricopa.gov/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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 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.
<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 Pinnacle Paradise, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Pinnacle Paradise) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pinnacle Paradise. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7014, Longitude: -111.8946       In this case, the coordinates for Pinnacle Paradise have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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