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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 Sponseller (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 Sponseller. 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 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.

Sponseller is located in Navajo 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 Navajo County: Apache, Coconino, Gila, Graham & San Juan (UT).

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

  • Navajo County     (The home county of Sponseller)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sponseller, with the one closest to Sponseller listed first.
    • Lakeside
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Lakeside is located in Navajo County
    • Pinetop - Lakeside
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pinetop
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinetop have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetop
      • Pinetop is located in Navajo County
    • Show Low
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • White Mountain Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • White Mountain Lakes Estates
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Mountain Lakes Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mountain Lakes Estates
      • White Mountain Lakes Estates is located in Navajo County
    • Linden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
      • Linden is located in Navajo County
    • Taylor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinedale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Snowflake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Clay Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Whiteriver
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • East Fork
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
      • East Fork is located in Navajo County
  • Apache County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sponseller, with the one closest to Sponseller listed first.
    • McNary
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Vernon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Concho
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Greer
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Northwoods
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwoods
      • Northwoods is located in Apache County
  • Gila County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sponseller, with the one closest to Sponseller listed first.
    • Carrizo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrizo
      • Carrizo is located in Gila County
    • Cedar Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
      • Cedar Creek is located in Gila County
    • Canyon Day
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Day
      • Canyon Day is located in Gila County

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

Newspapers Published in Sponseller ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sponseller.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sponseller, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sponseller.

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 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 Sponseller:

Cemeteries Near Sponseller ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sponseller.

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

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

  • Phipps Gravesite
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Phipps Gravesite. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Phipps Gravesite
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2297072 <5>
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Show Low Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Vernon Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Adair Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Frost Family Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Frost Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frost Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2292427 <5>
  • Burton Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Shumway Pioneer Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Shumway Pioneer Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Taylor.
    • The Shumway Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Shumway Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shumway Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57119 <5>
  • Chief Alchesay Baha Gravesite
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Pinedale Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pinedale Cemetery is located in Pinedale.
    • The Pinedale Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pinedale City Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinedale Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2154179 <5>
  • Reed S. Hatch Memorial Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • R.V. 'Mike' Ramsay Memorial Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Erastus Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Erastus Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Erastus Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2251055 <5>
    • Whiteriver Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Bush Flat Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Snowflake
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Concho
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sponseller. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Navajo County: www.co.navajo.az.us/

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

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 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>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 from Point A (ie- Sponseller) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sponseller. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1964, Longitude: -109.8873       In this case, the coordinates for Sponseller have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Sponseller, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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