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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 Queens Well (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 Queens Well. 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 Queens Well ...

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.

While the name of this community is Queens Well, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Queens Well may originally have been Queen's Well.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Queens Well might be written as Queen Well.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Queens Well is located in Pima 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 Pima County: Cochise, Graham, Maricopa, Pinal, Santa Cruz & Yuma.

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

  • Pima County     (The home county of Queens Well)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Queens Well, with the one closest to Queens Well listed first.
    • Schuchk
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schuchk
      • Schuchk is located in Pima County
    • Comobabi
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comobabi
      • Comobabi is located in Pima County
    • Haivana Nakya
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haivana Nakya
      • Haivana Nakya is located in Pima County
    • Ko Vaya
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ko Vaya
      • Ko Vaya is located in Pima County
    • Avra Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avra Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avra Valley
      • Avra Valley is located in Pima County
    • Ak Chin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ak Chin
      • Ak Chin is located in Pima County
    • Three Points
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Points have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
      • Three Points is located in Pima County
    • Picture Rocks
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Picture Rocks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picture Rocks
      • Picture Rocks is located in Pima County
    • Nelson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
      • Nelson is located in Pima County
    • Chiawuli Tak
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiawuli Tak
      • Chiawuli Tak is located in Pima County
    • Nolic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolic
      • Nolic is located in Pima County
    • Anegam
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anegam
      • Anegam is located in Pima County
    • Santa Rosa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Rosa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
      • Santa Rosa is located in Pima County
  • Pinal County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Queens Well, with the one closest to Queens Well listed first.
    • Sasco ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sasco. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sasco
      • Sasco is located in Pinal County
    • North Komelik
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Komelik
      • North Komelik is located in Pinal County
    • Red Rock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Tat Momoli
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tat Momoli
      • Tat Momoli is located in Pinal County
    • Kohatk
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kohatk
      • Kohatk is located in Pinal County

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

Newspapers Published in Queens Well ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Queens Well.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Queens Well, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Queens Well.

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 helpful 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 Queens Well:

Cemeteries Near Queens Well ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Queens Well.

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

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

  • Sil Nakya Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Silver Bell Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silver Bell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silver Bell Cemetery
  • Haivana Nakya Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Ak Chin Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • The Ak Chin Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Akchin Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ak Chin Cemetery
  • Sasco Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sasco Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sasco Cemetery
  • Nolic Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Sikul Himatk Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sikul Himatk Cemetery is located 16 miles [25.7 km]<5> to the southeast of Sells.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sikul Himatk Cemetery
  • Santa Rosa Francisco Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Santa Rosa Francisco Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Santa Rosa Francisco Cemetery
  • Tohono O'odham Reservation Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

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

The official website for Pima County: www.co.pima.az.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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- Queens Well) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Queens Well. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2676, Longitude: -111.6335       In this case, the coordinates for Queens Well have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Queens Well, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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