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Jerome is a town in the Black Hills of Yavapai County in the U.S. state of Arizona.Founded in the late 19th century on Cleopatra Hill overlooking the Verde Valley, Jerome is more than 5,000 feet (1,500 m) above sea level.
Jerome is a town in the Black Hills of Yavapai County, Arizona.It was founded in the late 19th century on Cleopatra Hill overlooking the Verde Valley to take advantage of copper deposits discovered in the 1870s whose extraction was made profitable by the arrival of a railroad spur nearby.
The Jerome City Hall built c. 1890 and located on Main Street. [29] The Grand Hotel was built in 1926 as the United Verde Hospital and is located at 200 Hill Street. [33] The Jerome Palace built in the 1900s and located at 410 Clark Street is now home to the "Haunted Hamburger". [29]
Jerome State Historic Park is a state park of Arizona, US, featuring the Douglas Mansion, built in 1916 by a family of influential mining entrepreneurs in Jerome, Arizona, a mining region in the northeast of the Black Hills, east Yavapai County. A museum is located in the old Douglas Mansion.
State Route 89A (SR 89A) is an 83.85-mile (134.94 km) state highway that runs from Prescott north to Flagstaff in the U.S. state of Arizona. The highway begins at SR 89 in Yavapai County and heads northward from Prescott Valley, entering Jerome. From Jerome, the route then heads to Cottonwood and Clarkdale. The road then continues out to Sedona.
The northwest section contains a steep escarpment on the northeast with the Verde Valley, the escarpment being the location of the fault-block that created the historic mining district at Jerome. [1] The United Verde Mine was one of the largest copper mines in the United States, producing large quantities of copper, gold, silver and zinc.
Woodchute Wilderness is a 5,923-acre (2,397 ha) wilderness area in Prescott National Forest in the U.S. state of Arizona. [1] It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of the town of Jerome. [2] Elevation within the area, on the flanks of Woodchute Mountain, ranges from 5,500 to 7,800 feet (1,700 to 2,400 m). [1]
"Chino" is the Spanish name for the abundant curly grama grass growing in the area. In 1895, a narrow gauge branch of the United Verde and Pacific Railroad to Jerome, joining the Santa Fe, Prescott, and Phoenix Railway, was completed, and Jerome Junction was established. In 1923, the activities of Jerome Junction were absorbed by Chino Valley. [2]
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