Welcome to Sanchez ...

So far, we found very little information about Sanchez. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Sanchez to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sanchez, please Contact Us.

Sanchez would have been located within present day Graham County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sanchez, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Sanchez is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Sanchez was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Sanchez, you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

The Area Code where Sanchez was located: 928

Communities Also Named Sanchez ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Sanchez - they are located in New Mexico and Texas (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sanchez.

Websites for Sanchez ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.graham-chamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Sanchez, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Sanchez ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sanchez.

• Safford
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safford
  • Safford is located in Graham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,951 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Safford <4>
• Thatcher
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thatcher
  • Thatcher is located in Graham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,264 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thatcher <4>
• Clifton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
  • Clifton is located in Greenlee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,636 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifton <4>
• Pima
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pima
  • Pima is located in Graham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,588 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pima <4>
• San Jose
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
  • San Jose is located in Graham County
• Solomon
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon
  • Solomon is located in Graham County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Solomon <4>
• Graham
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Graham is located in Graham County
• Cactus Flat
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Flat
  • Cactus Flat is located in Graham County
• Lebanon
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
  • Lebanon is located in Graham County
• Swift Trail Junction
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Trail Junction
  • Swift Trail Junction is located in Graham County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sanchez. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sanchez.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sanchez. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sanchez.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sanchez. See our Newspapers Page for Sanchez.

Adding Sanchez to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sanchez in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sanchez was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Sanchez post office opened in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sanchez.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Graham County: www.graham.az.gov/

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