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Yuma is a city in and the county seat [3] of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. The city's population was 95,548 at the 2020 census, up from the 2010 census ...
Yuma County is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census , its population was 203,881. [ 1 ] The county seat is Yuma .
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Yuma, Arizona, USA. Part of a series on the. History of Arizona; Periods; Pre-Columbian before 1539; Territorial 1853 ...
From 1864, the Yuma Quartermaster Depot, today a state historic park, supplied all forts in present-day Arizona, as well as large parts of Colorado and New Mexico. After Arizona became a separate territory, Yuma became the county seat for Yuma County in 1871, replacing La Paz County, the first seat. Arizona City was renamed Yuma in 1873.
The town post office was restored with the return of mail service on October 1, 1866, but with the name of Yuma. On October 28, 1869, it was renamed Arizona City. By 1870, the population of Arizona City had risen to 1,144. [4] In 1871, it became the county seat of Yuma County, replacing La Paz. Finally both the post office and city took the ...
Mission Puerto de Purísima Concepción was founded near what is now Yuma, Arizona, United States, on the California side of the Colorado River, in October 1780, by the Franciscan missionary Francisco Garcés. The settlement was not part of the California mission chain but was administered as a part of the Spanish missions in Arizona.
Fort Huachuca, east of Tucson, was founded in 1877 as the base for operations against Apaches and raiders from Mexico. From 1913 to 1933 the fort was the base for the "Buffalo Soldiers" of the 10th Cavalry Regiment. During World War II, the fort expanded to 25,000 soldiers, mostly in segregated all-black units.
The Sentinel was founded in 1871 by David A. Gordon and C. L. Minor when Yuma was still known as Arizona City. [6] [7] The paper, originally called the Arizona Free Press, was renamed the Arizona Sentinel after one year of publication.