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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 Trail Inn Lodge (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 Trail Inn Lodge. 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 Trail Inn Lodge ...

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 Trail Inn Lodge: Trail Inn Ldg. (or less commonly used: Trail Inn Ldge.)

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 and hospitals 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.

Trail Inn Lodge is located in Maricopa 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 Maricopa County: Gila, La Paz, Pima, Pinal, Yavapai & Yuma.

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

  • Maricopa County     (The home county of Trail Inn Lodge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trail Inn Lodge, with the one closest to Trail Inn Lodge listed first.
    • Catalina Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Catalina Village is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalina Village
    • Capri Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Capri Village is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capri Village
    • Phoenix
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Phoenix is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708,127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Phoenix <1>
    • Centura West
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Centura West is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centura West
    • Glendale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Tiki Tai Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Tiki Tai Village is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiki Tai Village
    • Laveen Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Tolleson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Maricopa Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Maricopa Village is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maricopa Village
    • Papago Peaks Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Papago Peaks Village is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papago Peaks Village
    • Canyon Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Canyon Village is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Village
    • Co-op Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Co-op Village is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Co-op Village
    • Liberty Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Liberty Village is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Village
  • Pinal County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Trail Inn Lodge, with the one closest to Trail Inn Lodge listed first.
    • Santa Cruz
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Santa Cruz is located in Pinal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Cruz
    • Maricopa Wells ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Maricopa Wells is located in Pinal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maricopa Wells
    • Bapchule
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Casa Blanca
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Casa Blanca is located in Pinal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
    • Santan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Santan is located in Pinal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santan
    • Maricopa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Stotonic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Stotonic is located in Pinal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotonic
      • Stotonic has also been known as:
      • Stetonic
      • Stotonik
    • Sweetwater
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sweetwater is located in Pinal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
    • Ak-Chin Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Ak-Chin Village is located in Pinal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ak-Chin Village
    • Ak Chin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Ak Chin is located in Pinal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ak Chin

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

Cemeteries Near Trail Inn Lodge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trail Inn Lodge.

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 Trail Inn Lodge - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Work Circle Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Beth Israel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery
    • 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 Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57026 <2>
  • Beth El Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Rosedale Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Cementerio Lindo Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • City Loosley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Knights of Pythias Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Pioneer & Memorial Park Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Porter Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Valley of the Sun Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Glendale Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (39 more) ...
    • Russian Molokan Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Resthaven Park East Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Park East Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Resthaven Park East Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Phoenix.
      • The Resthaven Park East Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Resthaven / Carr - Tenney Memorial Gardens
      • Resthaven Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57097 <2>
    • Cross Cut Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<3>

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

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

  • Phoenix
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Phoenix is located in Maricopa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708,127 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Phoenix <1>
  • Tempe
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Tempe is located in Maricopa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tempe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 200,402 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tempe <1>
  • Peoria
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Peoria is located in Maricopa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 179,872 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peoria <1>
  • Kyrene
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Kyrene is located in Maricopa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrene
  • Mesa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Mesa is located in Maricopa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 528,159 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mesa <1>
  • Lehi
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Lehi is located in Maricopa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehi
  • Heaton
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Heaton is located in Pinal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
  • Buckeye
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Maricopa
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Sweetwater
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sweetwater is located in Pinal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
  • Cave Creek
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Trail Inn Lodge ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trail Inn Lodge.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Trail Inn Lodge, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Trail Inn Lodge.

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 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 Trail Inn Lodge:

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>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 Trail Inn Lodge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Trail Inn Lodge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.