Mohave County, Arizona Genealogy

United States Arizona Mohave County

County Courthouse
Mohave County Courthouse 401 East Spring St Kingman, Az 86041 Phone: 520-753-9141

Clerk Superior Court has marriage recrods from 1888, Divorce, Probate and Court Records from 1850 County Records land records

Mohave County is located in the northwest corner of Arizona, the county seat is Kingman, and it also contains the somewhat newer 'river city' known as Bullhead City, which is across the Colorado River from Laughlin, Nevada. Hoover Dam is also partly included in the county due to it being built to dam the Colorado River to create Lake Mead. The word 'Mohave' is a variant spelling of 'Mojave'.

Parent County Up until 1821 -&#160; New Spain controlled land that later would become Arizona. Some records of early settlers may have been sent to an archives in Seville, Spain, or to archives in Mexico City. From 1821 until 1846 -&#160;Mexico had jurisdiction over the land that later would become Arizona. Some records of this period may have been sent to archives in Mexico City. From 1846 to 1863 - New Mexico Territory included land that later would become Arizona. </li>In 1852 - New Mexico Territory set up counties that stretched east and west from the Texas border to the California border, including all the land that became Arizona. Present-day Mohave County, Arizona was once part of <a href="Taos County, Arizona">Taos</a>, <a href="Rio Arriba County, Arizona">Rio Arriba</a>, <a href="Santa Ana County, Arizona">Santa Ana</a>, <a href="Bernalillo County, Arizona">Bernalillo</a>, <a href="Valencia County, Arizona">Valencia</a>, and <a href="Socorro County, Arizona">Socorro</a> counties of New Mexico.<span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref">William Thorndale, and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1987), 26. ; . <span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref">Original Counties of New Mexico Territory (map) at http://www.nmgs.org/Graphics/nmcoun-orig.jpg (accessed 9 August 2011). Some records during this period may have been sent to courthouses in their respective New Mexico counties. </li>In 1863 -&#160; Arizona Territory was created from the western half of New Mexico territory. All previous counties were dissolved, and eventually four new counties were created in the new Arizona Territory. </li></ul> 10 Nov 1864--Mohave County was created as one of the four original counties in Arizona. County seat: Kingman <span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref" name="Handybook">The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

Boundary Changes

 * 22 December 1865 - the northern part of Mohave County was removed by Arizona to create Pah-Ute County.
 * 5 May 1866 - a large portion of Pah-Ute county and a smaller portion of Mohave county was given to Nevada by the US government.
 * 18 February 1871 - The remainder of Pah-Ute County was restored to Mohave County.
 * 6 Mar 1883 - part of Yavapai County north of the Colorado River and west of Kanab Wash was transferred to Mohave County.

Populated Places

 * Communities: Dolan Springs | Golden Valley | Mohave Valley |

Neighboring Counties

 * Clark County, Nevada
 * Coconino, Arizona
 * Kane County, Utah
 * La Paz, Arizona
 * Lincoln County, Nevada
 * San Bernardino County, California
 * Washington County, Utah
 * Yavapai, Arizona<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1228951487109_838" />

Cemeteries
BillionGraves:


 * Beaver Dam Cemetery, Beaver Dam
 * Chloride Cemetery, Mohave Short distance east of US 93 northwest of Kingman
 * Desert Lawn Cemetery, Mohave Valley (Mohave Valley is along SR-68, is strung out for more than fifteen miles along that highway, just northwest of Kingman).
 * Littlefield Cemetery, Littlefield. At interchange of I-15 and County Road 91 (road not named on freeway signs but may be the old US-91 highway).


 * Cemeteries in Mohave County at Find A Grave
 * Cemeteries in Mohave County at Arizona Gravestones

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Kingman
 * Littlefield
 * Moccasin
 * Mt. Trumbull

Land
Recorded Land Records from 1 January 1970 to the present may be search online.

All Recorded Land Records may be searched at

Mohave County Recorders Office

700 W. Beale Street  Kingman, AZ 86402-0070   928-753-0701   928-753-0727

Newspapers
Mohave County Miner (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918 is availble for free Online viewing.

Vital Records
395 marriages from 1 Jun 1866 to 26 Jun 1907 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Societies and Libraries
Lake Havasu Genealogical Society P.O. Box 953 Lake Havasu City, AZ 86405-0953 Telephone 928-854-5447

Mohave County Genealogical Society 400 W. Beale St Kingman, AZ 86401 Telephone 928-753-3195

Family History Centers
Introduction to Family History Centers

Kingman Arizona 3180 Rutherford St Kingman, Mohave, Arizona, United States Phone: 928-753-1316

Lake Havasu City Arizona 504 N Acoma Blvd Lake Havasu City, Mohave, Arizona, United States Phone: 928-855-8583

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

Web Sites

 * AZGenWeb Mohave County project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Mohave County, Arizona Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Mohave County, Arizona Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)