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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 Robles Junction (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 Robles Junction. 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 Robles Junction ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Robles Junction: Robles Jct. (or less commonly used: Robles Jctn.)
  • While the name of this community is Robles Junction, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Robles Junction may originally have been Roble's Junction.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Robles Junction might be written as Roble Junction.

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.

Robles Junction 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 Robles Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Robles Junction:

  • Pima County     (The home county of Robles Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Robles Junction, with the one closest to Robles Junction listed first.
    • Three Points
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • 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
    • Tucson Estates
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tucson Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucson Estates
      • Tucson Estates is located in Pima County
    • Drexel Heights
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drexel Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drexel Heights
      • Drexel Heights is located in Pima County
    • Picture Rocks
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • 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
    • Summit
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Summit is located in Pima County
    • South Tucson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tucson
      • South Tucson is located in Pima County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,742 people
    • Sahuarita
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Schuchk
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schuchk
      • Schuchk is located in Pima County
    • Pascua Yaqui Indian Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pascua Yaqui Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascua Yaqui Indian Village
      • Pascua Yaqui Indian Village is located in Pima County
    • Cortaro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Flowing Wells
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowing Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Wells
      • Flowing Wells is located in Pima County
    • Drexel - Alvernon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drexel - Alvernon
      • Drexel - Alvernon is located in Pima County
    • Avra Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • 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
  • Santa Cruz County
    • Amado
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Robles Junction ...

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 208 newspapers that have been published in the area around Robles Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Robles Junction, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Robles Junction.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Robles Junction:

Cemeteries Near Robles Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Robles Junction.

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

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

  • Monte Calvario Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monte Calvario Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monte Calvario Cemetery
  • San Xavier Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Xavier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Xavier Cemetery
  • Twin Buttes Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Twin Buttes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Twin Buttes Cemetery
  • Green Valley Memorial Gardens
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Valley Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Valley Memorial Gardens
  • South Lawn Memorial Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Armory Park Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • The Armory Park Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Military Plaza Park Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Armory Park Cemetery
  • Haivana Nakya Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen Memorial Park
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Memorial Park
  • Holy Hope Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Hope Cemetery
  • Pima County Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Tucson Pioneer Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tucson Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tucson Pioneer Cemetery
  • Continental Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Continental Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Continental Cemetery
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Binghampton Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Binghampton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Binghampton Cemetery
    • Cerro Colorado Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • East Lawn Palms Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Lawn Palms Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Lawn Palms Cemetery

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

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

  • Jaynes
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jaynes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaynes
    • Jaynes is located in Pima County
  • Tucson
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Rillito
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Wilmot
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilmot have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
    • Wilmot is located in Pima County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Robles Junction. 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Robles Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Robles Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0773, Longitude: -111.3118       In this case, the coordinates for Robles Junction 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 Robles Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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