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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 (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. 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 and doctors 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 is located in Graham 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 Graham County: Apache, Cochise, Gila, Greenlee, Navajo, Pima & Pinal.

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

  • Graham County     (The home county of Tanque)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tanque, with the one closest to Tanque listed first.
    • Artesia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
      • Artesia is located in Graham County
    • Whitlock Cienega ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Whitlock Cienega. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock Cienega
      • Whitlock Cienega is located in Graham County
    • Lebanon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
      • Lebanon is located in Graham County
    • Swift Trail Junction
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Trail Junction
      • Swift Trail Junction is located in Graham County
    • San Jose
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
      • San Jose is located in Graham County
    • Cactus Flat
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Flat
      • Cactus Flat is located in Graham County
    • Solomon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Safford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Thatcher
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Graham
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
      • Graham is located in Graham County
    • Central
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
      • Central is located in Graham County
    • Fort Grant
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Grant
      • Fort Grant is located in Graham County
  • Cochise County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tanque, with the one closest to Tanque listed first.
    • Bowie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • San Simon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Willcox
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Light ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Light. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
      • Light is located in Cochise County
    • Dos Cabezas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dos Cabezas
      • Dos Cabezas is located in Cochise County
  • Greenlee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tanque, with the one closest to Tanque listed first.
    • Sheldon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
      • Sheldon is located in Greenlee County
    • Duncan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Franklin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Franklin is located in Greenlee County
    • York
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
      • York is located in Greenlee County
    • Guthrie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Guthrie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
      • Guthrie is located in Greenlee County

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

Cemeteries Near Tanque ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tanque.

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

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

  • Artesia Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • San Jose Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Jose Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Jose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Epley Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Solomon Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Solomon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Solomon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lebanon Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lebanon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lebanon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Safford City Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Safford City Cemetery
    • The Safford City Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Layton Cemetery
    • Safford Union Cemetery
    • Union Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57108 <3>
  • Sanchez Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sanchez Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sanchez Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bowie Desert Rest Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Rest Haven Memorial Gardens
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rest Haven Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rest Haven Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Thatcher Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Graham Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Central Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Central Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Central Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Central.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56989 <3>
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Old Central Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hubbard Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hubbard Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hubbard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Sheldon Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Luzena
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luzena have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luzena
    • Luzena is located in Cochise County
  • Safford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Thatcher
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Olga
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olga have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
    • Olga is located in Cochise County
  • Central
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
    • Central is located in Graham County
  • Fort Grant
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Grant
    • Fort Grant is located in Graham County
  • Sheldon
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
    • Sheldon is located in Greenlee County
  • Pima
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • 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 <2>
  • Bonita ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonita have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
    • Bonita is located in Graham County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Duncan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • York
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
      • York is located in Greenlee County
    • Bryce
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryce
      • Bryce is located in Graham County
    • Guthrie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Guthrie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
      • Guthrie is located in Greenlee County
    • Willcox
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • San Simon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Tanque ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tanque.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tanque, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tanque.

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 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 Tanque:

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Tanque) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tanque. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6090, Longitude: -109.5381       In this case, the coordinates for Tanque have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Tanque, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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