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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 Price (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 Price. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Price is located in Pinal 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 Pinal County: Gila, Graham, Maricopa & Pima.

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

  • Pinal County     (The home county of Price)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Price, with the one closest to Price listed first.
    • Cochran ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
      • Cochran is located in Pinal County
    • Cactus Forest
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Forest
      • Cactus Forest is located in Pinal County
    • Florence
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Smelter Town
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smelter Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter Town
      • Smelter Town is located in Pinal County
    • Pinal ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pinal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinal
      • Pinal is located in Pinal County
    • Adamsville ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adamsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
      • Adamsville is located in Pinal County
    • Gold Camp
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Camp
      • Gold Camp is located in Pinal County
    • Queen Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Valley Farms
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Superior
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Kearny
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Silver King ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver King
      • Silver King is located in Pinal County
    • Coolidge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Gila County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Price, with the one closest to Price listed first.
    • Top-of-the-World
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top-of-the-World
      • Top-of-the-World is located in Gila County
    • Hayden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Winkelman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Christmas ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christmas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmas
      • Christmas is located in Gila County
    • Inspiration
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inspiration have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inspiration
      • Inspiration is located in Gila County
    • Miami
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Maricopa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Price, with the one closest to Price listed first.
    • Queen Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Chandler Heights
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Sanokai Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanokai Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanokai Village
      • Sanokai Village is located in Maricopa County
    • Apache Junction
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Price ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Price.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Price, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Price.

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 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 Price:

Cemeteries Near Price ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Price.

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

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

  • Charles Debrille Poston Gravesite
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Florence Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Adamsville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Butte View Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Pinal City Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Pinal City Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinal City Cemetery
  • Kelvin Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kelvin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kelvin Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57045 <5>
  • Valley Memorial Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valley Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley Memorial Park
  • Silver King Pioneer Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Silver King Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silver King Pioneer Cemetery
  • Kearny Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Ray Memorial Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Blackwater Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Reevis Gravesite
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reevis Gravesite have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reevis Gravesite
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57095 <5>
    • Mountain Breeze Memorial Gardenx
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Desert Rose Memorial Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Reymert ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reymert have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reymert
    • Reymert is located in Pinal County
  • Florence
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Pinal ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pinal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinal
    • Pinal is located in Pinal County
  • Riverside
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
    • Riverside is located in Pinal County
  • Silver King ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver King
    • Silver King is located in Pinal County
  • Dudleyville
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dudleyville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
    • Dudleyville is located in Pinal County
  • Sacaton
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

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

The official website for Pinal County: www.co.pinal.az.us/

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>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- Price) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Price. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0956, Longitude: -111.2323       In this case, the coordinates for Price 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 Price, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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