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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 Tanque Verde (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 Tanque Verde. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Tanque Verde is located in Pima 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 Pima County: Cochise, Graham, Maricopa, Pinal, Santa Cruz & Yuma.

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

  • Pima County     (The home county of Tanque Verde)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tanque Verde, with the one closest to Tanque Verde listed first.
    • Willow Canyon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Canyon
      • Willow Canyon is located in Pima County
    • Vandenberg Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vandenberg Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandenberg Village
      • Vandenberg Village is located in Pima County
    • Wilmot
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilmot have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
      • Wilmot is located in Pima County
    • Esmond
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Esmond have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
      • Esmond is located in Pima County
    • Drexel - Alvernon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drexel - Alvernon
      • Drexel - Alvernon is located in Pima County
    • Littletown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littletown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littletown
      • Littletown is located in Pima County
    • Catalina Foothills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalina Foothills
      • Catalina Foothills is located in Pima County
    • Tucson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Polo Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Polo Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo Village
      • Polo Village is located in Pima County
    • Mount Lemmon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Summerhaven
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhaven
      • Summerhaven is located in Pima County
    • South Tucson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tucson
      • South Tucson is located in Pima County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,742 people
  • Cochise County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tanque Verde, with the one closest to Tanque Verde listed first.
    • Mescal
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mescal
      • Mescal is located in Cochise County
    • Whetstone
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whetstone have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
      • Whetstone is located in Cochise County
  • Pinal County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tanque Verde, with the one closest to Tanque Verde listed first.
    • Campo Bonito ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campo Bonito
      • Campo Bonito is located in Pinal County
    • Oracle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • San Manuel
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Tanque Verde ...

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 207 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tanque Verde.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tanque Verde, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tanque Verde.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Tanque Verde:

Cemeteries Near Tanque Verde ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tanque Verde.

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

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

  • Tanque Verde Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tanque Verde Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tanque Verde Cemetery
  • Tanque Verde Ranch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tanque Verde Ranch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tanque Verde Ranch Cemetery
  • All Faiths Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • East Lawn Palms Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Lawn Palms Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Lawn Palms Cemetery
  • Rincon Congregational Church Columbarium
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rincon Congregational Church Columbarium have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rincon Congregational Church Columbarium
  • Binghampton Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Binghampton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Binghampton Cemetery
  • Vail Childrens' Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vail Childrens' Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vail Childrens' Cemetery
  • Armory Park Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • The Armory Park Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Military Plaza Park Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Armory Park Cemetery
  • South Lawn Memorial Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Holy Hope Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Hope Cemetery
  • Pima County Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen Memorial Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Memorial Park
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Tucson Pioneer Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tucson Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tucson Pioneer Cemetery
    • San Xavier Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Xavier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Xavier Cemetery
    • Gamez Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Wilmot
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilmot have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
    • Wilmot is located in Pima County
  • Tucson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Esmond
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Esmond have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
    • Esmond is located in Pima County
  • Vail
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jaynes
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jaynes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaynes
    • Jaynes is located in Pima County
  • Redington ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redington
    • Redington is located in Pima County
  • Pantano
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pantano have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantano
    • Pantano is located in Pima County
  • Oracle
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Rillito
    (26 miles [41.8 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 Tanque Verde. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tanque Verde.

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

The official website for Pima County: www.co.pima.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 '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- Tanque Verde) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tanque Verde. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2510, Longitude: -110.7382    
<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 Tanque Verde, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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