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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 Santa Cruz (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 Santa Cruz. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

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

  • Pinal County     (The home county of Santa Cruz)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Santa Cruz, with the one closest to Santa Cruz listed first.
    • Maricopa Wells ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maricopa Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maricopa Wells
      • Maricopa Wells is located in Pinal County
    • Maricopa
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ak-Chin Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ak-Chin Village
      • Ak-Chin Village is located in Pinal County
    • Ak Chin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ak Chin
      • Ak Chin is located in Pinal County
    • Casa Blanca
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
      • Casa Blanca is located in Pinal County
    • Bapchule
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Sweetwater
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
      • Sweetwater is located in Pinal County
    • Santan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santan
      • Santan is located in Pinal County
    • Stotonic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotonic
      • Stotonic is located in Pinal County
      • Stotonic has also been known as:
      • Stetonic
      • Stotonik
    • Sacaton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Stanfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Maricopa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Santa Cruz, with the one closest to Santa Cruz listed first.
    • Gila Crossing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila Crossing
      • Gila Crossing is located in Maricopa County
    • Komatke
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Komatke have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komatke
      • Komatke is located in Maricopa County
    • Co-op Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Co-op Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Co-op Village
      • Co-op Village is located in Maricopa County
    • Laveen Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Maricopa Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maricopa Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maricopa Village
      • Maricopa Village is located in Maricopa County
    • Ahwatukee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ahwatukee
      • Ahwatukee is located in Maricopa County
    • Mobile
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile
      • Mobile is located in Maricopa County
    • Corona Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corona Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona Village
      • Corona Village is located in Maricopa County
    • Guadalupe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kyrene
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrene
      • Kyrene is located in Maricopa County
    • Capri Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Capri Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
      • Capri Village is located in Maricopa County
    • Catalina Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catalina Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalina Village
      • Catalina Village is located in Maricopa County
    • Cashion
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Santa Cruz ...

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 428 newspapers that have been published in the area around Santa Cruz.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Santa Cruz, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Santa Cruz.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Santa Cruz:

Cemeteries Near Santa Cruz ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Santa Cruz.

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

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

  • Co-Op Village Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Ak Chin Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Cementerio Lindo Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cementerio Lindo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cementerio Lindo Cemetery
  • Beth Israel Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beth Israel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beth Israel Cemetery
  • Work Circle Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Work Circle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Work Circle Cemetery
  • Guadalupe Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Guadalupe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Guadalupe Cemetery
  • Resthaven Park East Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • City Loosley Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the City Loosley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City Loosley Cemetery
  • Knights of Pythias Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Pioneer & Memorial Park Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Porter Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Porter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Porter Cemetery
  • Rosedale Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rosedale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosedale Cemetery
  • Continue List   (38 more) ...
    • Beth El Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beth El Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beth El Cemetery
    • Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Phoenix.
      • The Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Forest Lawn Cemetery
      • Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
      • Memory Lawn Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57026 <4>
    • West Casa Blanca Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

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.<5>

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

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

  • Heaton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heaton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
    • Heaton is located in Pinal County
  • Maricopa
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Kyrene
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrene
    • Kyrene is located in Maricopa County
  • Phoenix
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
    • Phoenix is located in Maricopa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708,127 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Phoenix <2>
  • Tempe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tempe
    • Tempe is located in Maricopa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 200,402 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tempe <2>
  • Sweetwater
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
    • Sweetwater is located in Pinal County
  • Estrella
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Estrella have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estrella
    • Estrella is located in Maricopa County
  • Mesa
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa
    • Mesa is located in Maricopa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 528,159 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mesa <2>
  • Peoria
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
    • Peoria is located in Maricopa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 179,872 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peoria <2>
  • Lehi
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lehi have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehi
    • Lehi is located in Maricopa County
  • Sacaton
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Buckeye
    (26 miles [41.8 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 Santa Cruz. See our List of 1890's Communities around Santa Cruz.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Santa Cruz. 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>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Santa Cruz) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Santa Cruz. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2339, Longitude: -112.1637       In this case, the coordinates for Santa Cruz have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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 Santa Cruz, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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