Author name: Jason Smith

County: La PazZip Code:Latitude / Longitude: 33°40′45″N 114°25′35″W / 33.67917°N 114.42639°W / 33.67917Elevation: 584 ft (178 m)Time Zone: Mountain (NO DST) (UTC-7)Established: 1862Disestablished: 1875Comments: La Paz (Yavapai: Wi:hela) was a short-lived, early gold mining town along the Colorado River in La Paz County on the western border of the U.S. state of Arizona. It was the location of the La Paz Incident […]

County: YumaZip Code:Latitude / Longitude:Elevation:Time Zone: Mountain (NO DST) (UTC-7)Established:Disestablished:Comments: La Laguna was a gold mining town in New Mexico Territory, now Yuma County, Arizona. It was in existence for a short time from 1860 to 1862. The town was a steamboat landing 20 miles above Yuma, Arizona on the Colorado River. It had a few merchants and

County: YumaZip Code:Latitude / Longitude: 32°52’55N 113°38’48WElevation: 390 ft (119 m)Time Zone: Mountain (NO DST) (UTC-7)Established:Disestablished:Comments: Kofa, also historically known as Kofa Station, is a populated place situated in Yuma County, Arizona. The town, like the nearby hills of the same name, was derived from the acronym for “King of Arizona”, which had been coined by Colonel Eugene Ives. Ives

County: GrahamZip Code:Latitude / Longitude: 32° 50′ 7 N, 110° 19′ 56 WElevation:Time Zone: Mountain (NO DST) (UTC-7)Established: 1907Disestablished: 1955Comments: Klondyke is a populated place in Graham County, Arizona, that was founded around 1900 by some miners who had recently returned from Alaska after participating in the Klondike Gold Rush. The town is located west of Safford in the Aravaipa Valley. The Galiuro

County:Zip Code:Latitude / Longitude: 31°44′13″N 110°43′43″W / 31.73694°N 110.72861°W / 31.73694Elevation:Time Zone: Mountain (NO DST) (UTC-7)Established: 1905Disestablished:Comments: Kentucky Camp is a ghost town and former mining camp along the Arizona Trail in Pima County, Arizona, United States, near the community of Sonoita. The Kentucky Camp Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been since

County: CochiseZip Code:Latitude / Longitude: 32°06’11N 110°03’58WElevation: 4,977 ft (1,517 m)Time Zone: Mountain (NO DST) (UTC-7)Established:Disestablished:Comments: Johnson is a populated place situated in Cochise County, Arizona, on the east side of the Little Dragoon Mountains. The location began as a mining camp, and a post office was established there in 1900, with William De H. Washington as its postmaster.Remains: The post

County: YavapaiZip Code:Latitude / Longitude: 34°47′12″N 112°25′46″W / 34.78667°N 112.42944°W / 34.78667Elevation:Time Zone: Mountain (NO DST) (UTC-7)Established: 1894Disestablished: 1920Comments: Jerome Junction is a ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. Established in 1894, the community served as a railroad transfer stop between the town of Prescott and the town of Jerome. It served as a transfer point between the Santa Fe, Prescott

County: YumaZip Code:Latitude / Longitude: 33°00′59″N 113°20′56″W / 33.01639°N 113.34889°W / 33.01639Elevation: 538 ft (164 m)Time Zone: Mountain (NO DST) (UTC-7)Established:Disestablished:Comments: Hyder is a populated place and farming community in Yuma County, Arizona, United States.Remains: It and surrounding areas (such as “Sentinel” and “Agua Caliente”) houses several different types of fish, shrimp, and other types of farms, one school (Sentinel Elementary

County: CochiseZip Code:Latitude / Longitude: 31°59’40N 109°16’39WElevation: 5,702 ft (1,738 m)Time Zone: Mountain (NO DST) (UTC-7)Established:Disestablished:Comments: Hilltop is a populated place situated in Cochise County, Arizona.Remains:Current Status:Remarks:

County: PimaZip Code:Latitude / Longitude: 31°51′28″N 110°47′19″W / 31.85778°N 110.78861°W / 31.85778Elevation: 4,324 ft (1,318 m)Time Zone: Mountain (NO DST) (UTC-7)Established: 1891Disestablished: 1921Comments: Helvetia is a populated place in Pima County, Arizona, that was settled in 1891 and abandoned in the early 1920s. Helvetia is an ancient name for Switzerland.Remains: Helvetia was founded in 1891 for the settlement of workers from the surrounding