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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 South Fort (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 South Fort. 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 South Fort ...

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 South Fort: S. Fort

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.

South Fort is located in Yavapai 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 Yavapai County: Coconino, Gila, La Paz, Maricopa & Mohave.

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

  • Yavapai County     (The home county of South Fort)
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Fort, with the one closest to South Fort listed first.
    • Oro Belle ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Oro Belle is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro Belle
    • Crown King
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Misery ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Fort Misery is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Misery
    • Bradshaw City ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bradshaw City is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw City
    • Tip Top ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Tip Top is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top
    • Bumble Bee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Humbug ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Humbug is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbug
    • Middleton ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Middleton is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
    • Columbia ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Columbia is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
    • Black Canyon City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lapham ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Lapham is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapham
    • Minnehaha Flats ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Minnehaha Flats is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha Flats
  • Maricopa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Fort, with the one closest to South Fort listed first.
    • New River
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Anthem
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Cave Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Morristown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Carefree Foothills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Carefree Foothills is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carefree Foothills
    • Circle City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Circle City is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
    • Wickenburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wittmann
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Carefree
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near South Fort ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Fort.

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 South Fort - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bradshaw City Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Kentucks Gravesite
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Crown King Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Champie Mill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champie Mill Cemetery
    • The Champie Mill Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Allen's Mill Cemetery
  • Columbia Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Shelley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Minnehaha Flats Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Champie Ranch Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Black Canyon City Municipal Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Gillett Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Copperopolis Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mayer Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayer Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mayer Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Mayer.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1985663 <2>
  • Continue List   (23 more) ...

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

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

  • Crown King
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Tip Top ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Tip Top is located in Yavapai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top
  • Bumble Bee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cordes ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cordes is located in Yavapai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordes
  • Briggs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Briggs is located in Yavapai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
  • Big Bug ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Bug is located in Yavapai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bug
  • Mayer
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Walnut Grove
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Walnut Grove is located in Yavapai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
  • Stoddard ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Stoddard is located in Yavapai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Walker
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Walker is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Howells ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Howells is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells
    • Stanton ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Stanton is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
    • Cave Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Wickenburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Prescott
      (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 South Fort. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Fort.

Newspapers Published in South Fort ...

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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Fort.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Fort, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Fort.

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 professional and volunteer 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 South Fort:

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- South Fort) 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 South Fort, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.