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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 Chino Valley (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 Chino Valley. 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 Chino Valley ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Another variation: Chino.

  • A typical abbreviation for Chino Valley: Chino Vly. (or less commonly used: Chino Vally. or Chino Vlly.)

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 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.

Chino Valley is located in Yavapai 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 Yavapai County: Coconino, Gila, La Paz, Maricopa & Mohave.

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

  • Yavapai County     (The home county of Chino Valley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chino Valley, with the one closest to Chino Valley listed first.
    • Williamson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamson
      • Williamson is located in Yavapai County
    • Paulden
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Granite Dells
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Dells
      • Granite Dells is located in Yavapai County
    • Prescott Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Iron Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Miller Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Valley
      • Miller Valley is located in Yavapai County
    • Prescott
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Puntenney ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Puntenney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puntenney
      • Puntenney is located in Yavapai County
    • Drake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
      • Drake is located in Yavapai County
    • Oak Knoll Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Knoll Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Knoll Village
      • Oak Knoll Village is located in Yavapai County
    • Jerome
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Dewey
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Chino Valley ...

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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chino Valley.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Chino Valley. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Chino Valley and those printed in the larger area surrounding Chino Valley.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4> of Chino Valley.

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 Chino Valley:

  • Genealogy information for nearby counties

Cemeteries Near Chino Valley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chino Valley.

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Chino Valley had a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Chino Valley had a population of 12,819 people.

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

  • Prescott
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Fort Whipple
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Whipple have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Whipple
    • Fort Whipple is located in Yavapai County
  • Whipple
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whipple have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipple
    • Whipple is located in Yavapai County
  • Puntenney ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Puntenney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puntenney
    • Puntenney is located in Yavapai County
  • Jerome
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Howells ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Howells. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells
    • Howells is located in Yavapai County
  • Walker
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Walker is located in Yavapai County
  • Skull Valley
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Cottonwood
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Cherry
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Verde
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verde have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verde
    • Verde is located in Yavapai County
  • Mayer
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Stoddard ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stoddard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
    • Stoddard is located in Yavapai County

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

The official website for Chino Valley: www.chinoaz.net/

The official website for Yavapai County: www.co.yavapai.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>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.
<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- Chino Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chino Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7601, Longitude: -112.4537    
<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 Chino Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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