List of localities in Arizona
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  • Aguila, Arizona
    Aguila, Arizona
    Aguila is a CDP in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 60 approximately 20 miles west of Wickenburg, or at approximately 50000 N. 510th Ave. Major economic activities include cantaloupe farming and formerly included mining. It uses the same street numbering system...

  • Ajo, Arizona
    Ajo, Arizona
    Ajo is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 3,705 at the 2000 census. Ajo is located on State Route 85 just from the Mexican border. It is the closest community to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument....

     (town
    Town
    A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

    , unincorporated)
  • Alpine, Arizona
    Alpine, Arizona
    Alpine is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States, in Bush Valley in the east central part of the state. Alpine was settled in 1876 by Anderson Bush who built a log house originally known as "Fort Bush". Bush sold his holdings in 1879 to William Maxwell and Fred...

  • Apache Junction, Arizona
    Apache Junction, Arizona
    Apache Junction is a city in Maricopa and Pinal counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city was 35,840, most of whom lived in Pinal County....

     (city
    City
    A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...

    )
  • Arivaca, Arizona
    Arivaca, Arizona
    Arivaca is an unincorporated community in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It is located north of the Mexican border and northwest of the port of entry at Nogales. The European-American history of the area dates back at least to 1695, although the community was not founded until 1878....

     (town
    Town
    A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

    , unincorporated)
  • Arizona City, Arizona
    Arizona City, Arizona
    Arizona City is a census-designated place in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. The population was 10,475 at the 2010 census...

  • Ash Fork, Arizona
    Ash Fork, Arizona
    Ash Fork is a census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The population was 457 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ash Fork is located at ....

     (town
    Town
    A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

    , unincorporated)
  • Avondale, Arizona
    Avondale, Arizona
    Avondale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, adjacent to Phoenix, Arizona. According to 2010 Census Bureau, the population of the city is 76,238.Avondale is the home of Phoenix International Raceway, an auto racing facility...


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  • Bagdad, Arizona
    Bagdad, Arizona
    Bagdad is a copper mining community and census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, in the western part of the state. It is one of only two remaining company towns in Arizona...

  • Benson, Arizona
    Benson, Arizona
    -Transportation:Benson Airport is located 3 miles north west of the city.Benson is served by Interstate 10 to the north, which travels directly to downtown Tucson....

  • Bisbee, Arizona
    Bisbee, Arizona
    Bisbee is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, 82 miles southeast of Tucson. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 6,177...

  • Black Canyon City, Arizona
    Black Canyon City, Arizona
    Black Canyon City is a census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The population was 2,697 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Black Canyon City is located at , at an elevation of 1,975 feet ....

  • Bouse, Arizona
    Bouse, Arizona
    Bouse is a census-designated place in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1908 as a mining camp, the economy of Bouse is now based on tourism, agriculture and retirees...

  • Bowie, Arizona
    Bowie, Arizona
    Bowie is an unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona. The community lies on Interstate 10 in eastern Arizona close to the western New Mexico border...

     (town, unincorporated)http://www.sansimon.k12.az.us/san%20simon/web%20pages/Bowie.html
  • Brenda, Arizona
    Brenda, Arizona
    Brenda, Arizona is a small community in southwestern Arizona. It is located approximately 13 miles east of Quartzsite, , and 4 miles northeast on US 60 in Arizona....

     (ghost town)
  • Buckeye, Arizona
    Buckeye, Arizona
    Buckeye is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States and is the westernmost suburb in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The population of the town as of Census 2010 was 50,876, a 678% increase from the 2000 population of 6,537.-Geography:...

  • Bullhead City, Arizona
    Bullhead City, Arizona
    Bullhead City is a city located on the Colorado River in Mohave County, Arizona, USA, roughly south of Las Vegas, Nevada, and directly across the Colorado River from Laughlin, Nevada, whose casinos and ancillary services supply much of the employment for Bullhead City...

  • Bumble Bee, Arizona
    Bumble Bee, Arizona
    Bumble Bee is a ghost town in the Bradshaw Mountains of Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, named for nearby Bumble Bee Creek. Established in 1863, Bumble Bee served as a stagecoach stop and an outpost for the U.S. Cavalry; with a post office established in 1879.With the demise of the...

     (ghost town)

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  • Camp Verde, Arizona
    Camp Verde, Arizona
    Camp Verde is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 10,610....

  • Carefree, Arizona
    Carefree, Arizona
    Carefree is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 3,799.-History:...

  • Casa Grande, Arizona
    Casa Grande, Arizona
    Casa Grande is a city in Pinal County, approximately halfway between Phoenix and Tucson in the U.S. state of Arizona. According to 2010 Census, the population of the city is 48,571...

  • Cave Creek, Arizona
    Cave Creek, Arizona
    Cave Creek is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona in the United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town was 4,951.-Geography:...

  • Central Heights-Midland City, Arizona
    Central Heights-Midland City, Arizona
    Central Heights-Midland City is a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The population was 2,694 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Central Heights-Midland City is located at ....

  • Cerbat, Arizona
    Cerbat, Arizona
    Cerbat is a ghost town just west of the Cerbat Mountains in Mohave County, Arizona. Mining in the area began in the late 1860s and a camp was established soon after. Cerbat was built in a canyon from Hardyville, Arizona...

     (ghost town, NW of Kingman)
  • Cerro Colorado, Arizona
    Cerro Colorado, Arizona
    Cerro Colorado is a ghost town in southern Pima County, Arizona. It is located off Arivaca Road, near Arivaca, Arizona. The town is best known for the massacre of mining employees by Mexican outlaws and buried treasure.-History:...

     (ghost town, NE of Arivaca))
  • Chandler, Arizona
    Chandler, Arizona
    -Demographics:As of the Census of 2010, there were 236,123 people, 86,924 households, and 60,212 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 73.3% White, 4.8% Black or African American, 1.5% Native American, 8.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 21.9% Hispanic or Latino, and 8.3%...

  • Chinle, Arizona
    Chinle, Arizona
    Chinle is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 5,366 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chinle is located at ....

  • Chino Valley, Arizona
    Chino Valley, Arizona
    Chino Valley is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to the Census Bureau, the population of the town is 10,817.-Geography:...

  • Chloride, Arizona
    Chloride, Arizona
    Chloride is a onetime silver mining camp in Mohave County, Arizona, and is considered the oldest continuously inhabited mining town in the state. Chloride has a ZIP Code of 86431; in 2000, the population of the 86431 ZCTA was 352.- History :...

  • Clarkdale, Arizona
    Clarkdale, Arizona
    Clarkdale is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 3,836.Clarkdale, formerly a mining town, is now largely a retirement community with an eye for the arts.-History:...

  • Claypool, Arizona
    Claypool, Arizona
    Claypool is a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,794 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Claypool is located at ....

  • Cleator, Arizona
    Cleator, Arizona
    Cleator is a ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. It lies along the road that has replaced Murphy's Impossible Railroad between Cordes and Crown King....

     (ghost town)
  • Clemenceau, Arizona
    Clemenceau, Arizona
    Clemenceau is a neighborhood of the city of Cottonwood in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. It was built as a company town in 1917 to serve the new smelter for James Douglas, Jr.'s United Verde Extension mine in Jerome...

     (ghost town)
  • Clifton, Arizona
    Clifton, Arizona
    Clifton is a town in and the county seat of Greenlee County, Arizona, United States, along the San Francisco River. The population of the town was 3,311 at the 2010 census. It was a site of the Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983....

  • Cochise, Arizona
    Cochise, Arizona
    Cochise is an unincorporated community located in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The city was created alongside the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 1880s. The city was primarily a stop for coal and water which were needed for trains at the time. At its peak, the town had a population...

     (ghost town)
  • Cochran, Arizona
    Cochran, Arizona
    Cochran is a ghost town in Pinal County in the U.S. state of Arizona. The town was settled in 1905, in what was then the Arizona Territory.-History:...

     (ghost town, E of Florence)
  • Congress, Arizona
    Congress, Arizona
    Congress is a census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,717 at the 2000 census. Congress, a gold-mining ghost town, now serves as a retirement and bedroom community for nearby Wickenburg.-History:...

     (ghost town)
  • Copper Creek, Arizona
    Copper Creek, Arizona
    Copper Creek is a ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. Copper Creek is located in a canyon in the Galiuro Mountains.- History :...

     (ghost town)
  • Coolidge, Arizona
    Coolidge, Arizona
    Coolidge is a city in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 8,154.Arizona Highway 87 and Arizona Highway 287 pass through the town. Coolidge is 56 miles southeast of Phoenix, and 69 miles northwest of Tucson. It is 21 miles...

  • Cordes, Arizona
    Cordes, Arizona
    Cordes is a ghost town located eight miles southeast of the area of Mayer in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. Cordes was established in 1883 by John Henry Cordes....

     (ghost town)
  • Cottonwood, Arizona
    Cottonwood, Arizona
    Cottonwood is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 11,171.-Geography:Cottonwood is located at ....

  • Courtland, Arizona (ghost town, E of Tombstone)
  • Crown King, Arizona
    Crown King, Arizona
    Crown King is an unincorporated community in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, located at an elevation of 5,771 feet . Crown King has a ZIP Code of 86343; in 2000, the population of the 86343 ZCTA was 133. The site of a former gold mining town, Crown King is 28 miles west of Interstate...


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  • Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona
    Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona
    Dewey-Humboldt is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The estimated population of the town was 3,613 according to the 2005 census estimates...

  • Dolan Springs, Arizona
    Dolan Springs, Arizona
    Dolan Springs is a census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,867 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dolan Springs is located at ....

     (town
    Town
    A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

    , unincorporated)
  • Doney Park, Arizona
    Doney Park, Arizona
    Doney Park is an CDP in Coconino County, Arizona, United States. It is a residential area northeast of Flagstaff, located off U.S. Route 89. It is located in the 86004 zip code....

  • Douglas, Arizona
    Douglas, Arizona
    Douglas is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. Douglas has a border crossing with Mexico and a history of mining.The population was 14,312 at the 2000 census...

  • Dudleyville, Arizona
    Dudleyville, Arizona
    Dudleyville is a census-designated place in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,323 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dudleyville is located at ....

  • Duncan, Arizona
    Duncan, Arizona
    Duncan is a town in Greenlee County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 713. It is part of the Safford Micropolitan Statistical Area. Duncan is at the juncture of the Gila River and the Arizona-New Mexico state border...


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  • Eagar, Arizona
    Eagar, Arizona
    Eagar is a town in Apache County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 4,126.Eagar was first settled in 1871.-Geography:Eagar is located at ....

  • Ehrenberg, Arizona
    Ehrenberg, Arizona
    Ehrenberg, also historically spelled "Ehrenburg" is a census-designated place in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,357 at the 2000 census. Ehrenberg is named for Herman Ehrenberg ....

  • El Mirage, Arizona
    El Mirage, Arizona
    El Mirage is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. According to Census 2010, the population of the city is 31,767.-Geography:El Mirage is located at ....

  • Eloy, Arizona
    Eloy, Arizona
    Eloy is a city in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 10,855.-Geography:...

  • Flagstaff, Arizona
    Flagstaff, Arizona
    Flagstaff is a city located in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2010, the city's population was 65,870. The population of the Metropolitan Statistical Area was at 134,421 in 2010. It is the county seat of Coconino County...

  • Florence, Arizona
    Florence, Arizona
    -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 17,054 people, 2,226 households, and 1,540 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,056.2 people per square mile . There were 3,216 housing units at an average density of 387.7 per square mile...

  • Fountain Hills, Arizona

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  • Ganado, Arizona
    Ganado, Arizona
    Ganado is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,505 at the 2000 census.Ganado is part of the Navajo Nation...

  • Gila Bend, Arizona
    Gila Bend, Arizona
    Gila Bend , founded in 1872, is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The town is named for an approximately 90-degree bend in the Gila River, which is close to but not precisely at the community's current location...

  • Gilbert, Arizona
    Gilbert, Arizona
    -Demographics:As of July 1, 2009, Maricopa Association of Governments, Census 2000. United States Census Bureau. there were 217,521 people, 74,147 housing units, and 3.01 persons per household....

  • Gisela, Arizona
    Gisela, Arizona
    Gisela is a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The population was 532 at the 2000 census.Gisela was named after the heroine in the book Countess Gisela by E. Marlitt. The town schoolteacher was reading the book to her students when she was asked by her husband, the...

     (census-designated place
    Census-designated place
    A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

    )
  • Glendale, Arizona
    Glendale, Arizona
    Glendale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, located about nine miles northwest from Downtown Phoenix. According to 2010 Census Bureau, the population of the city is 226,721....

  • Globe, Arizona
    Globe, Arizona
    Globe has an arid climate, characterized by hot summers and moderate to warm winters. Globe's arid climate is somewhat tempered by its elevation, however, leading to slightly cooler temperatures and slightly more precipitation than Phoenix or Yuma....

  • Goodyear, Arizona
    Goodyear, Arizona
    Goodyear is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 65,275...

  • Grand Canyon Village, Arizona
    Grand Canyon Village, Arizona
    Grand Canyon Village is a census-designated place located on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County, Arizona. Its population was 1,460 at the 2000 Census. Located in Grand Canyon National Park, it is wholly focused on accommodating tourists visiting the canyon...

     (census-designated place
    Census-designated place
    A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

    )
  • Gray Mountain, Arizona
    Gray Mountain, Arizona
    Gray Mountain is an unincorporated community in Coconino County, Arizona, United States. Gray Mountain is located on U.S. Route 89 north-northeast of Flagstaff. Gray Mountain has a post office with ZIP code 86016....

     http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Gray+Mountain,+AZ,+USA
  • Green Valley, Arizona
    Green Valley, Arizona
    Green Valley is a census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 17,283 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Green Valley is located at ....

  • Greer, Arizona
    Greer, Arizona
    Greer is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States. It lies at an elevation of approximately 8,500 feet in the White Mountains of Arizona, and is surrounded by the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. Greer was founded around 1879 by Mormon settlers from Utah...

  • Guadalupe, Arizona
    Guadalupe, Arizona
    Guadalupe is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 5,258. The town is nestled between Phoenix and Tempe. Since its founding, it has been known as a center of Yaqui culture and it is home to many religious festivals...


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  • Hayden, Arizona
    Hayden, Arizona
    Hayden is a town in Gila and Pinal counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 843...

  • Heber, Arizona
  • Hillside, Arizona (ghost town
    Ghost town
    A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...

    ) http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/hillside.html
  • Holbrook, Arizona
    Holbrook, Arizona
    -Historical events:*During 1881 & 1882, railroad tracks were laid down and a railroad station was built. The community was then named Holbrook after the first engineer of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad...

  • Hope, Arizona
    Hope, Arizona
    Hope is a small unincorporated community in the deserts of La Paz County, Arizona, United States. Its name was inspired by the community's hope for increased business after merchants visited the town. Today, it consists of one RV park, one gas station, one church, and one antique store....

  • Huachuca City, Arizona
    Huachuca City, Arizona
    Huachuca City is a town in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 1,890.Fort Huachuca, a U.S...


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  • Jerome, Arizona
    Jerome, Arizona
    Jerome is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 353.-History:...

  • Joseph City, Arizona
    Joseph City, Arizona
    Joseph City is an unincorporated community located in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It is located on Interstate 40 about eighty miles east of Flagstaff....

  • Kearny, Arizona
    Kearny, Arizona
    Kearny is a town in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. The town was named after General Stephen Watts Kearny, who passed through the area on November 7, 1846 while leading 100 dragoons to California. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 2,765...

  • Kingman, Arizona
    Kingman, Arizona
    Kingman is located in a desert climate on the edge of the Mojave Desert, but its higher elevation and location between the Colorado Plateau and the Lower Colorado River Valley tempers summer high temperatures and contributes to winter cold and rare snowfall. Summer daytime highs reach above 90 °F ...

  • Lake Havasu City, Arizona
    Lake Havasu City, Arizona
    -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 41,938 people, 17,911 households, and 12,716 families residing in the city. The population density was 974.4 people per square mile . There were 23,018 housing units at an average density of 534.8 per square mile...

  • Lake Powell, Arizona
  • Litchfield Park, Arizona
    Litchfield Park, Arizona
    Litchfield Park is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. In 2010 it had a population of 5,476.-History:The town of Litchfield Park is named for its founder, Paul Weeks Litchfield...

  • Lukeville, Arizona
    Lukeville, Arizona
    Lukeville is a small unincorporated community on the U.S.-Mexico border in southern Pima County, Arizona, United States.The community consists of the international border crossing into Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico, together with a gas station, a duty free shop, a few outlets that sell Mexican automobile...


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  • Mammoth, Arizona
    Mammoth, Arizona
    Mammoth is a town in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,762 at the 2000 census; according to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 2,167.Mammoth was founded c. 1872 as Mammoth Camp, serving the nearby Mammoth Mine...

  • Marana, Arizona
    Marana, Arizona
    Marana is a town in Pima County, Arizona, located northwest of Tucson, with a small portion in Pinal County. According to the 2010 census, the population of the town is 34,961...

  • Maricopa, Arizona
    Maricopa, Arizona
    -Surrounding Municipalities:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 43,482 people, 14,359 households, and 11,110 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,356.8 people per square mile . There were 17,240 housing units at an average density of 540.4 per square mile...

     (city)
  • Mayer, Arizona
    Mayer, Arizona
    Mayer is a census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,408 at the 2000 census. Mayer includes three sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Mayer Apartments, Mayer Business Block, and Mayer Red Brick Schoolhouse.The 1993-1994 CBS...

     (town
    Town
    A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

    , unincorporated)
  • Mesa, Arizona
    Mesa, Arizona
    According to the 2010 Census, the racial composition of Mesa was as follows:* White: 77.1% * Hispanic or Latino : 26.54%* Black or African American: 3.5%* Two or more races: 3.4%* Native American: 2.4%...

  • Miami, Arizona
    Miami, Arizona
    Miami is a town in Gila County, Arizona, United States. Miami is a classic Western copper boomtown, though the copper mines are largely dormant now...

  • Morenci, Arizona
    Morenci, Arizona
    Morenci is a census-designated place in Greenlee County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,879 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Safford Micropolitan Statistical Area...

     (town
    Town
    A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

    , unincorporated)

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  • Nogales, Arizona
    Nogales, Arizona
    Nogales is a city in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 21,017 at the 2010 census. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 20,833. The city is the county seat of Santa Cruz County....

  • Oatman, Arizona
    Oatman, Arizona
    Oatman is a former mining town in the Black Mountains of Mohave County, Arizona, United States. Located at an elevation of , it began as a tent camp soon after two prospectors struck a $10 million gold find in 1915, though the area had been already settled for a number of years. Oatman's...

  • Oracle, Arizona
    Oracle, Arizona
    - Geology :Oracle and the surrounding area sit largely on a slab of granite called "Oracle granite" that is visible as red or grey-and-white speckled "boulders" rising over the scrub and grass. It is mostly porphyritic biotite Precambrian granite with large microcline phenocrysts, and has...

     (town
    Town
    A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

    , unincorporated)
  • Oro Valley, Arizona
    Oro Valley, Arizona
    Oro Valley, incorporated in 1974, is a suburban town located north of Tucson, Arizona, USA in Pima County. According to a July 2008 estimate, the population of the town is 43,223, an increase from 29,700 in 2000 Oro Valley, incorporated in 1974, is a suburban town located north of Tucson,...


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  • Page, Arizona
    Page, Arizona
    Page is a city in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, near the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 6,794.-Geography:Page is located at ....

  • Paradise Valley, Arizona
    Paradise Valley, Arizona
    Paradise Valley is a small, affluent town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2005 Census Bureau, the population of the town was 14,558. Despite the town's relatively small area and population compared to other municipalities in the Phoenix metropolitan area, Paradise...

  • Parker, Arizona
    Parker, Arizona
    Parker is a town in and the county seat of La Paz County, Arizona, United States, on the Colorado River in Parker Valley. The population was 3,140 at the 2000 census.-History:...

  • Patagonia, Arizona
    Patagonia, Arizona
    Patagonia is a town in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. As of 2010 Patagonia had a population of 913. Patagonia was formerly a supply center for nearby mines and ranches. Currently, it is a tourist destination, retirement community and arts & crafts center. The Nature Conservancy's...

  • Payson, Arizona
    Payson, Arizona
    - History :Payson considers its founding year as 1882, at which time it was known as Green Valley or Union Park. On March 3, 1884, the town officially established a post office. Postmaster Frank C. Hise recommended that the town be named after a man named Levi Joseph Payson. Senator Payson was very...

  • Peoria, Arizona
    Peoria, Arizona
    Peoria is a city in Maricopa and Yavapai counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. Located primarily in Maricopa County, it is a major suburb of Phoenix. According to 2010 Census Bureau releases, the population of the city is 154,065. Peoria is currently the sixth largest city in Arizona for land...

  • Phoenix, Arizona
    Phoenix, Arizona
    Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

  • Pima, Arizona
    Pima, Arizona
    Pima is a town in Graham County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 1,965. It is part of the Safford Micropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

     (City)
  • Pine, Arizona
    Pine, Arizona
    Pine is a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,931 at the 2000 census. Pine was established by four Mormon families in 1879....

     (town
    Town
    A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

    , unincorporated)
  • Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona
    Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona
    Pinetop-Lakeside is a town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 4,156. It was founded in 1984 when the neighboring towns of Pinetop and Lakeside merged....

  • Pirtleville, Arizona
    Pirtleville, Arizona
    Pirtleville is a census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,550 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Pirtleville is located at ....

  • Portal, Arizona
    Portal, Arizona
    Portal is an unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. It lies south-southeast of San Simon and at the mouth of Cave Creek Canyon on the east side of the Chiricahua Mountains. Often called the Yosemite of Arizona, the rock walled canyon is composed of fused volcanic tuff...

     http://www.portalarizona.com/
  • Prescott, Arizona
    Prescott, Arizona
    Prescott is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. It was designated "Arizona's Christmas City" by Arizona Governor Rose Mofford in the late 1980s....

  • Prescott Valley, Arizona
    Prescott Valley, Arizona
    Prescott Valley is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, just east of Prescott. Prescott Valley was the seventh fastest-growing place among all cities and towns in Arizona between 1990 and 2000...


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  • Quartzsite, Arizona
    Quartzsite, Arizona
    Quartzsite is a town in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. According to Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town was 3,397 in 2006.Interstate 10 runs directly through Quartzsite. It is at the intersection of U.S...

  • Queen Creek, Arizona
    Queen Creek, Arizona
    Queen Creek is a town in Maricopa and Pinal counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 26,361 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Queen Creek is located at ....

  • Rio Rico, Arizona
    Rio Rico, Arizona
    Rio Rico is a census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 18,962 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Rio Rico is located at ....

     (town
    Town
    A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

    , unincorporated)
  • Rye, Arizona
    Rye, Arizona
    Rye is an unincorporated community in Gila County, Arizona, United States. Rye is located along Arizona State Route 87 south of Payson. The community became a census-designated place in the 2010 Census....

     http://www.arizonagoldprospectors.com/rim_country.htm

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  • Safford, Arizona
    Safford, Arizona
    - History :Safford was founded by Joshua Eaton Bailey, Hiram Kennedy and Edward Tuttle, who came from Gila Bend, in southwestern Arizona. They left Gila Bend in the winter of 1873-74; their work on canals and dams having been destroyed by high water the previous summer...

  • Sahuarita, Arizona
    Sahuarita, Arizona
    Sahuarita is a town in Pima County, Arizona, United States. Sahuarita is located south of the Tohono O'odham Nation and abuts the north end of Green Valley, 15 miles south of Tucson...

  • Salome, Arizona
    Salome, Arizona
    Salome is a census-designated place in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,690 at the 2000 census.The usual local pronunciation of the town's name is .-Geography:Salome is located at ....

  • San Carlos, Arizona
    San Carlos, Arizona
    San Carlos is a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The population was 3,716 at the 2000 census.San Carlos is the largest community in and the seat of government for the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation....

  • San Luis, Arizona
    San Luis, Arizona
    San Luis is a city in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. The population was 15,322 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Yuma Metropolitan Statistical Area. San Luis was the second fastest-growing place among all cities and towns in Arizona of any size from 1990 and 2000...

  • San Manuel, Arizona
    San Manuel, Arizona
    San Manuel is a census-designated place in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. The population was 4,375 at the 2000 census.San Manuel was built in 1953 as a company town to serve the then-new San Manuel copper mine, mill and smelter complex. The mine and smelter were permanently closed in...

     (town
    Town
    A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

    , unincorporated)
  • Sasabe, Arizona
    Sasabe, Arizona
    Sasabe is a small unincorporated border community in the Altar Valley of southern Pima County, Arizona, United States. It hosts a little-used United States–Mexico border crossing...

  • Sasco, Arizona
    Sasco, Arizona
    Sasco is a smelting ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona, west of Red Rock. Sasco, which is an acronym for the Southern Arizona Smelter Company, was a company town for the smelter, which served the Silverbell mines. Sasco's post office was established July 10, 1907 and was discontinued September...

     (ghost town)
  • Scottsdale, Arizona
    Scottsdale, Arizona
    Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2010 the population of the city was 217,385...

  • Sedona, Arizona
    Sedona, Arizona
    Sedona is a city that straddles the county line between Coconino and Yavapai counties in the northern Verde Valley region of the U.S. state of Arizona...

  • Show Low, Arizona
    Show Low, Arizona
    Winters in Show Low bring highs between 45°F and 55°F , with lows usually below freezing between November and March, averaging in the 20s December through February, and in the low 30s for November and March....

  • Sierra Vista, Arizona
    Sierra Vista, Arizona
    Sierra Vista is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. According to 2007 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 43,044....

  • Silverbell, Arizona (Pima County ghost town)
  • Snowflake, Arizona
    Snowflake, Arizona
    Snowflake is a town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It was founded in 1878 by Erastus Snow and William Jordan Flake, Mormon pioneers and colonizers. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 4,958....

  • Somerton, Arizona
    Somerton, Arizona
    Somerton is a city in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 12,014. It is part of the Yuma Metropolitan Statistical Area.Somerton was established in 1898 and incorporated in 1918...

  • Sonoita, Arizona
    Sonoita, Arizona
    Sonoita is a census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 826 at the 2000 census....

  • South Tucson, Arizona
    South Tucson, Arizona
    South Tucson is a city in Pima County, Arizona, United States and an enclave of the much larger city of Tucson. South Tucson is known for being heavily influenced by Hispanic, and especially Mexican, culture; restaurants and shops which sell traditional Mexican foods and other goods can be found...

  • Springerville, Arizona
    Springerville, Arizona
    Springerville is a town in Apache County, Arizona, United States within the White Mountains. Its postal ZIP code is 85938. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 1,956.Springerville sits at an elevation of 6,974 feet...

  • St. Johns, Arizona
    St. Johns, Arizona
    St. Johns is the county seat of Apache County, Arizona, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 180, mostly west of where that highway intersects with U.S. Route 191. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 3,538....

  • Strawberry, Arizona
    Strawberry, Arizona
    Strawberry is a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,028 at the 2000 census.-History:In June 1931, federal agents destroyed a large whiskey still in Sandrock Canyon, north of Strawberry. The still had an estimated worth of $20,000...

  • Sun City, Arizona
    Sun City, Arizona
    Sun City is a census-designated place and unincorporated town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The population was 38,309 at the 2000 census...

  • Sun City West, Arizona
    Sun City West, Arizona
    Sun City West is a census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The population was 26,344 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sun City West is located at ....

  • Sun Lakes, Arizona
    Sun Lakes, Arizona
    Sun Lakes is a census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The population was 11,936 at the 2000 census. Sun Lakes is an active adult community comprising five active adult country club communities in three homeowner associations...

     (town
    Town
    A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

    , unincorporated)
  • Supai, Arizona
    Supai, Arizona
    Supai is a census-designated place in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, within the Grand Canyon.As of the 1990 census, the CDP had a population of 423; the 2000 census erroneously recorded a population of 0...

  • Superior, Arizona
  • Surprise, Arizona
    Surprise, Arizona
    Surprise is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. The population was 30,848 at the 2000 census; however, rapid growth has boosted the city's population to 117,517 at the 2010 census, an increase of 281%...

  • Swansea, Arizona
    Swansea, Arizona
    Swansea is a ghost town in La Paz County in the U.S. state of Arizona. It was settled around 1909 in what was then the Arizona Territory. It served as a mining town as well as a location for processing and smelting the copper ore taken from the nearby mines....

     (ghost town)

T

  • Taylor, Arizona
    Taylor, Arizona
    Taylor is a town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It was founded by Mormon settlers in January 1878, several months before the neighboring community of Snowflake, Arizona...

  • Tempe, Arizona
    Tempe, Arizona
    Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale...

  • Thatcher, Arizona
    Thatcher, Arizona
    Thatcher is a town in Graham County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the town is 4,865. It is part of the Safford Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Thatcher is located at ....

  • Theba, Arizona
    Theba, Arizona
    Theba is a census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. Its elevation is 728 feet . Theba is located along Interstate 8 and is served by Exit 106....

  • Tolleson, Arizona
    Tolleson, Arizona
    Tolleson is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 6,812.-Geography:Tolleson is located at ....

  • Tombstone, Arizona
    Tombstone, Arizona
    Tombstone is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, founded in 1879 by Ed Schieffelin in what was then Pima County, Arizona Territory. It was one of the last wide-open frontier boomtowns in the American Old West. From about 1877 to 1890, the town's mines produced USD $40 to $85 million...

  • Tuba City, Arizona
    Tuba City, Arizona
    Tuba City is a census-designated place in Coconino County, Arizona, United States. The population was 8,225 at the 2000 census. It is the Dine' Nation's largest community, slightly larger than Shiprock, New Mexico. The Hopi town of Moenkopi lies directly to its southeast.The name of the town...

  • Tubac, Arizona
    Tubac, Arizona
    Tubac is a census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 949 at the 2000 census. The place name Tubac is an English borrowing from a Hispanicized form of the O'odham name, which translates into English as "rotten". The original O'odham name is written...

  • Tucson, Arizona
    Tucson, Arizona
    Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...


V-Y

  • Verde Valley, Arizona
  • Village of Oak Creek, Arizona (town
    Town
    A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

    , unincorporated)
  • Wellton, Arizona
    Wellton, Arizona
    Wellton is a town in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 1,862. It is part of the Yuma Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Wellton is located at ....

  • Wenden, Arizona
    Wenden, Arizona
    Wenden is a census-designated place in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 556 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wenden is located at ....

  • Wickenburg, Arizona
    Wickenburg, Arizona
    Wickenburg is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 6,423.-Geography:Wickenburg is located at ....

  • Willcox, Arizona
    Willcox, Arizona
    Willcox is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 3,769. Professional wrestler Ted Dibiase lived his formative years in Willcox, as did singer Tanya Tucker.-History:...

  • Williams, Arizona
    Williams, Arizona
    Williams is a city in Coconino County, Arizona, United States west of Flagstaff. Its population was 2,842 at the 2000 census; according to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 3,094. It lies on the route of Historic Route 66, Interstate 40, and the Southwest Chief Amtrak...

  • Winkelman, Arizona
    Winkelman, Arizona
    Winkelman is a town in Gila and Pinal counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town was 444, almost all of whom lived in Gila County.-Geography:...

  • Winslow, Arizona
    Winslow, Arizona
    -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 9,520 people, 2,754 households, and 1,991 families residing in the city. The population density was 773.1 people per square mile . There were 3,198 housing units at an average density of 259.7 per square mile...

  • Young, Arizona
    Young, Arizona
    Young is a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The population was 561 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Young is located at , along Arizona State Route 288 . SR 288 is paved within and north of the town, totaling about ten miles of pavement...

  • Youngtown, Arizona
    Youngtown, Arizona
    Youngtown is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. According to 2008 Census Bureau and Arizona Department of Commerce estimates, the population of the town is 6,522.Youngtown is the nation's oldest retirement community...

  • Yuma, Arizona
    Yuma, Arizona
    Yuma is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is located in the southwestern corner of the state, and the population of the city was 77,515 at the 2000 census, with a 2008 Census Bureau estimated population of 90,041....


See also

  • List of cities in Arizona by population
  • List of cities and towns in Arizona
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