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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 Wranglers Roost (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 Wranglers Roost. 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 Wranglers Roost ...

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.

While the name of this community is Wranglers Roost, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Wranglers Roost may originally have been Wrangler's Roost.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Wranglers Roost might be written as Wrangler Roost.

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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Wranglers Roost 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 Wranglers Roost. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wranglers Roost:

  • Maricopa County     (The home county of Wranglers Roost)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wranglers Roost, with the one closest to Wranglers Roost listed first.
    • New River
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Anthem
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cave Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Carefree Foothills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Carefree Foothills is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carefree Foothills
    • Carefree
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Arrowhead Ranch
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Arrowhead Ranch is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Ranch
    • Central Park Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Central Park Village is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Park Village
    • The Town Square
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • The Town Square is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Town Square
    • Pinnacle Peak Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Pinnacle Peak Village is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle Peak Village
    • Palm Lakes Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Palm Lakes Village is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Lakes Village
    • Paradise City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Paradise City is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise City
    • Peacock Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Peacock Village is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock Village
    • Westbrook Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Westbrook Village is located in Maricopa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village
  • Yavapai County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wranglers Roost, with the one closest to Wranglers Roost listed first.
    • Gillett ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Gillett is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
    • Black Canyon City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Tip Top ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Tip Top is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top
    • Columbia ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Columbia is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
    • Humbug ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Humbug is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbug
    • Bumble Bee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Fort Misery ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Fort Misery is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Misery
    • Oro Belle ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Oro Belle is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro Belle
    • Briggs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Briggs is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
    • Bradshaw City ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Bradshaw City is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw City
    • Copperopolis ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Copperopolis is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperopolis
    • Crown King
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Minnehaha ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Minnehaha is located in Yavapai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha

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

Cemeteries Near Wranglers Roost ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wranglers Roost.

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 Wranglers Roost - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Gillett Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Black Canyon City Municipal Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Champie Mill Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champie Mill Cemetery
    • The Champie Mill Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Allen's Mill Cemetery
  • Columbia Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cave Creek Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Champie Ranch Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Phoenix Memorial Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Sinai Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Sinai Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Sinai Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Phoenix.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2233155 <3>
  • Kentucks Gravesite
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Home Mission Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Mission Cemetery
    • The Home Mission Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sleeping Bride Cemetery
  • Hansen Desert Hills Memorial Park
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 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.<5>

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

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

  • Cave Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Tip Top ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Tip Top is located in Yavapai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top
  • Bumble Bee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Briggs
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Briggs is located in Yavapai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
  • Crown King
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Peoria
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • 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 <2>
  • Big Bug ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Big Bug is located in Yavapai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bug
  • Cordes ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Cordes is located in Yavapai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordes

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

Newspapers Published in Wranglers Roost ...

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 Wranglers Roost.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wranglers Roost, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wranglers Roost.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Wranglers Roost:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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>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 from Point A (ie- Wranglers Roost) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Wranglers Roost, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.