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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 Show Low (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 Show Low. 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.

A Few Details for Show Low ...

While it's still very early in our research, we found that:

  • Show Low was established in 1870.
  • It was incorporated in 1953.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Show Low is located in Navajo 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 Navajo County: Apache, Coconino, Gila, Graham & San Juan (UT).

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

  • Navajo County     (The home county of Show Low)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Show Low, with the one closest to Show Low listed first.
    • Linden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
      • Linden is located in Navajo County
    • White Mountain Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • White Mountain Lakes Estates
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Mountain Lakes Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mountain Lakes Estates
      • White Mountain Lakes Estates is located in Navajo County
    • Lakeside
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Lakeside is located in Navajo County
    • Pinetop - Lakeside
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Pinetop
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinetop have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetop
      • Pinetop is located in Navajo County
    • Pinedale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Taylor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Clay Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Snowflake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Whiteriver
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Cibecue
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cibecue
      • Cibecue is located in Navajo County
    • Overgaard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Apache County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Show Low, with the one closest to Show Low listed first.
    • McNary
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Vernon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Concho
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Gila County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Show Low, with the one closest to Show Low listed first.
    • Carrizo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrizo
      • Carrizo is located in Gila County
    • Cedar Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
      • Cedar Creek is located in Gila County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Show Low ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Show Low.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Show Low. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Show Low and those printed in the larger area surrounding Show Low.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Show Low.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Show Low:

Cemeteries Near Show Low ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Show Low.

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

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

  • Show Low Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Adair Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Frost Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Frost Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frost Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2292427 <4>
  • Burton Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Phipps Gravesite
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Phipps Gravesite. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Phipps Gravesite
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2297072 <4>
  • Shumway Pioneer Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Shumway Pioneer Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Taylor.
    • The Shumway Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Shumway Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shumway Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57119 <4>
  • Pinedale Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pinedale Cemetery is located in Pinedale.
    • The Pinedale Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pinedale City Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinedale Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2154179 <4>
  • Reed S. Hatch Memorial Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Clay Springs Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • R.V. 'Mike' Ramsay Memorial Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Vernon Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Chief Alchesay Baha Gravesite
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Red Hill Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Erastus Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Erastus Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Erastus Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2251055 <4>

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

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

  • Snowflake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Concho
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

The official website for Show Low: www.ci.show-low.az.us/

The official website for Navajo County: www.co.navajo.az.us/

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

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Show Low) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Show Low. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2530, Longitude: -110.0354    
<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>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.
<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 Show Low, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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