Yavapai County, Arizona Genealogy

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History

Parent County

1864--Yavapai County was created 21 December 1864 as an original county.  County seat: Prescott

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Abra	Congress	Glen Oaks	Minnehaha	South Fort
Arcosanti	Congress Junction	Goodwin	Mint	Spring Valley
Ash Fork	Copperopolis	Grand View	Nelson	Stanton
Audley	Cordes	Granite Dells	Oak Creek	Stringfield
Aultman	Cordes Junction	Granite Siding	Oak Knoll Village	Sycamore
Bagdad	Cordes Lakes	Groom Creek	Ocotillo	Tapco
Big Park	Cornville	Hawkins	Octave	Tres Rios
Big Reef Mill	Cottonwood	Hecla	Packer	Tutt
Black Canyon City	Crookton	Highland Park	Page Springs	Venezia
Blue Hills Farms	Crown King	Hillside	Paulden	Verde Village
Bradshaw City	Dandrea	Hooper	Peeples Valley	Wagoner
Bridgeport	Date	Humboldt	Perkinsville	Walker
Briggs	Del Rio	Humbug	Pica	Walnut Grove
Bumble Bee	Dewey	Iron Springs	Piedmont	West Sedona
Burro John	Dewey-Humboldt	Jerome	Pinaveta	Whipple
Camp Verde	Diamond Valley	Jordan Meadows	Poland Junction	Wilhoit
Casa Rosa	Drake	Juniper Heights	Ponderosa Park	Williamson
Castle Canyon	Dugas	Kirkland	Potato Patch	Willow Spring
Mesa	East Fort	Kirkland Junction	Prescott	Wood Trap
Castle Hot Springs	Entro	Lake Montezuma	Prescott Valley	Yampai
Cedar Mill	Flores	Lancaster	Red Rock	Yarnell
Chino Valley	Flower Pot	Lapham	Rimrock	Yava
Clarkdale	Forbing Park	Lehman Mill	Rock Springs	Yavapai Hills
Clear Creek	Fort Misery	Mayer	Sand Mill
Cleator	Fort Whipple	McGuireville	Seligman
Clemenceau	Gillette	Middle Verde	Skull Valley
Columbia	Glen Ilah	Miller Valley	Smelter city

Neighboring Counties

• Coconino
• Gila
• La Paz
• Maricopa
• Mohave

Resources

Cemeteries

 Arizona Cemetery Transcription and Photo Project

The Yavapai County Cemetery Database is an accumulation of a cemetery project which began in 1989 by the Northern Arizona Genealogy Society and housed on the Sharlot Hall Museum Archives website at: http://sharlot.org/archives/gene/cemetery/index.html

Prescott National Cemetery: 3,195 Veterans Administration burial records are included.  Does not include all burials in the cemetery, only those provided by the VA.

Church

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Bagdad

Vital Records

4,374 marriages are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Societies and Libraries

Northern Arizona Genealogical Society- Our Society is a general genealogical society covering the counties of Yavapai and Coconino Arizona.  Prescott is the county seat for Yavapai County and Flagstaff is the county seat for Coconino County.

Camp Verde Historical Society
435 South Main
Camp Verde, AZ 86322
Telephone 928-567-9560
Hours 11-3 Sat. & Tues

Verde Historical Society
One N. Willard St.
Cottonwood, AZ 86326
Telephone 928-634-2868
Hours 9-12 Wed.; Fri.-Sun. 11-3

Jerome Historical Society
200 Main Street
Jerome, Arizona 86331
(928) 634-5477 
 Hours 9-4:30 daily

Family History Centers

Bagdad Arizona
Community Dr
Bagdad, Yavapai, Arizona, United States
Telephone: 928-633-2073

Cottonwood Arizona
1377 Hombre Dr
Cottonwood, Yavapai, Arizona, United States
Telephone: 928-649-0116

Prescott Arizona
1001 Ruth St
Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona, United States
Telephone: 928-778-2311

Spring Valley Arizona
HWY 69 (2 mi from Dordis Jct)
Spring Valley, Yavapai, Arizona, United States
Telephone: 928-632-7168

These are not mailing addresses. Due to limited staff, Family History Centers are unable to respond to mail inquiries.

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Yavapai County, Arizona Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)