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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Rosemont 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 Rosemont 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 Rosemont 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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Rosemont Junction: Rosemont Jct. (or less commonly used: Rosemont Jctn.)

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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Rosemont Junction is located in Pima County.

To see how the shape of Arizona's counties may 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 Rosemont Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rosemont Junction:

  • Pima County     (The home county of Rosemont Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosemont Junction, with the one closest to Rosemont Junction listed first.
    • Helvetia ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Helvetia is located in Pima County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
    • Greaterville ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Greaterville is located in Pima County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greaterville
    • Corona de Tucson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Corona de Tucson is located in Pima County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona de Tucson
    • Vail
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • East Sahuarita
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • East Sahuarita is located in Pima County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sahuarita
    • Continental ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Continental is located in Pima County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental
    • Green Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Sahuarita
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Esmond
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Esmond is located in Pima County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
    • Harrington Place ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Harrington Place is located in Pima County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington Place
    • Summit
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Summit is located in Pima County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
    • Arivaca Junction
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Arivaca Junction is located in Pima County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arivaca Junction
  • Cochise County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosemont Junction, with the one closest to Rosemont Junction listed first.
    • Mescal
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Mescal is located in Cochise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mescal
    • Whetstone
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Whetstone is located in Cochise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
    • Benson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Huachuca City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pomerene
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort Huachuca
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Signal Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Signal Village is located in Cochise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Village
    • Saint David
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Coronado Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Coronado Village is located in Cochise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronado Village
    • De Anza Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • De Anza Village is located in Cochise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Anza Village
  • Santa Cruz County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rosemont Junction, with the one closest to Rosemont Junction listed first.
    • Kentucky Camp ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Kentucky Camp is located in Santa Cruz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Camp
    • Sonoita
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Madera Canyon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Casa Blanca ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Casa Blanca is located in Santa Cruz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
    • Alto ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Alto is located in Santa Cruz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
    • Crittenden ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Crittenden is located in Santa Cruz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crittenden
    • Elgin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Salado ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Salado is located in Santa Cruz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salado
    • Patagonia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Amado
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Canelo ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Canelo is located in Santa Cruz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canelo
      • Former name for Canelo:
      • Canille
    • Tubac
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Rosemont Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rosemont 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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Rosemont Junction - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rosemont Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rosemont Junction, with the one closest to Rosemont Junction 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.<4>

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

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

  • Greaterville ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Greaterville is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greaterville
  • Sonoita
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Vail
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Pantano
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Pantano is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantano
  • Esmond
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Esmond is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
  • Wilmot
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Wilmot is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
  • Tubac
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Harshaw ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Harshaw is located in Santa Cruz County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
  • Benson
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Calabasas ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Calabasas is located in Santa Cruz County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calabasas
  • Fort Huachuca
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Tucson
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Rosemont 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 199 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rosemont Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rosemont Junction, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rosemont Junction.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Rosemont Junction:

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rosemont Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Rosemont Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.