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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 Ponderosa Park (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 Ponderosa Park. 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 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 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.

Ponderosa Park is located in Yavapai 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 Yavapai County: Coconino, Gila, La Paz, Maricopa & Mohave.

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

  • Yavapai County     (The home county of Ponderosa Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ponderosa Park, with the one closest to Ponderosa Park listed first.
    • Oak Knoll Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Knoll Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Knoll Village
      • Oak Knoll Village is located in Yavapai County
    • Miller Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Valley
      • Miller Valley is located in Yavapai County
    • Prescott
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Howells ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Howells. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells
      • Howells is located in Yavapai County
    • Walker
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Walker is located in Yavapai County
    • Wilhoit
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhoit
      • Wilhoit is located in Yavapai County
    • Palace Station ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Palace Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palace Station
      • Palace Station is located in Yavapai County
    • Iron Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Granite Dells
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Dells
      • Granite Dells is located in Yavapai County
    • McCabe ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McCabe. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCabe
      • McCabe is located in Yavapai County
    • Skull Valley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Poland Junction
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland Junction
      • Poland Junction is located in Yavapai County
    • Kirkland Junction
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland Junction
      • Kirkland Junction is located in Yavapai County

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

Newspapers Published in Ponderosa Park ...

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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ponderosa Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ponderosa Park, 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 Ponderosa Park.

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 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 Ponderosa Park:

  • Genealogy information for nearby counties

Cemeteries Near Ponderosa Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ponderosa Park.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ponderosa Park, with the one closest to Ponderosa Park 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.<6>

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

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

  • Prescott
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Walker
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Walker is located in Yavapai County
  • Howells ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Howells. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells
    • Howells is located in Yavapai County
  • Whipple
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whipple have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
    • Whipple is located in Yavapai County
  • Fort Whipple
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Whipple have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Whipple
    • Fort Whipple is located in Yavapai County
  • Skull Valley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Walnut Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Walnut Grove is located in Yavapai County
  • Mayer
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Stoddard ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stoddard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
    • Stoddard is located in Yavapai County
  • Crown King
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Chino Valley
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Cordes ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordes
    • Cordes is located in Yavapai County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Hillside ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillside have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
      • Hillside is located in Yavapai County
    • Stanton ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
      • Stanton is located in Yavapai County
    • Bumble Bee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)

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

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

The official website for Yavapai County: www.co.yavapai.az.us/

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>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.
<4>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- Ponderosa Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ponderosa Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4714, Longitude: -112.4874       In this case, the coordinates for Ponderosa Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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 Ponderosa Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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