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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Phoenix, the largest city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona. [1] Phoenix was incorporated as a city in 1881, after being founded in 1867 near the Salt River close to its confluence with the Gila River. The city has numerous historic properties which have been listed in the National Register of Historic Places. There are also 33 ...
[a] By 1880, there were 164 in Maricopa County, with 110 of those in Phoenix, 4.6% of the town's population. [1]: 81 Most were single men, often intending to eventually return to China. [2]: 373 The Chinese in Phoenix faced racial prejudice and were relegated to working in gardening, laundries, restaurants, and performing domestic work.
Of these, two are metropolitan areas with over 1,000,000 residents: the Phoenix metropolitan area with 4.85 million residents and the Tucson metropolitan area with over 1 million residents. The Arizona Sun Corridor is made up of all of Maricopa , Pinal and Pima counties, along with parts of Yavapai , Santa Cruz and Cochise counties. [ 4 ]
It is located west of the Phoenix city limits, within Maricopa County, Arizona. The boundaries of the west valley is generally considered Interstate 17 in the east, Buckeye in west, the Sierra Estrella Mountains in the south, and Anthem in the north.
Guadalupe is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States and part of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. The town motto, "where three cultures flourish", recognizes the town's roots in the Yaquis, Mexicans and descendants of the original farmers. [ 3 ]
According to the Gross Management Department of Arizona's main U.S. Post Office in Phoenix, Tortilla Flat is presumed to be Arizona's smallest official "community" having a U.S. Post Office and voting precinct. The town has a population of 6. Tortilla Flat can be reached by vehicles on the Apache Trail (State Route 88), via Apache Junction.
In recognition of historical routes that pass through the area, the town's website refers to Gila Bend as "The Crossroads of the Southwest". [6] It is 68 miles (109 km) southwest of Phoenix via I-10 and AZ 85, 122 miles (196 km) northwest of Tucson via I-10 and I-8, and 116 miles (187 km) east of Yuma via I-8.