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Tempe (/ t ɛ m ˈ p iː / tem-PEE; [4] Oidbaḍ in O'odham) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2020 population of 180,587.The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece.
Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and is part of the Phoenix metropolitan area.Named Scottsdale in 1894 after its founder Winfield Scott, a retired U.S. Army chaplain, the city was incorporated in 1951 with a population of 2,000.
The former 602 area consists of most of the city of Phoenix, with the exception of far northern areas and Ahwatukee. The former 480 area includes the East Valley, including Ahwatukee in the city of Phoenix and some communities in Pinal County such as San Tan Valley. Major cities include Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Scottsdale, and Tempe. The former ...
Red Rock is an unincorporated area in South-Central Pinal County, Arizona, United States, located along Interstate 10. In 2010, it had a population of 2,169. Red Rock Water Tank Near Railroad Tracks. The elevation is 1,865 feet (568 m), according to the water tower.
Butte County: In 1897, James C. Goodwin, with the support of Charles T. Hayden and others, introduced a bill at the Territorial Legislature to split Maricopa County into two, with Tempe being the county seat. [13] [14] There have also been proposals, introduced in 1900 and 1913, to divide Maricopa County, with Mesa as the new county's seat. [14]
With the Valley's dramatic growth over the next two decades, the district was made significantly more compact in the 1990 census, losing all of its territory outside of the Phoenix area. Like its predecessor, it was reliably Republican. After the 2000 census, the old 4th essentially became the 3rd district. A new 4th district was created in the ...
Maricopa County (/ ˌ m ær ɪ ˈ k oʊ p ə /) is a county in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona.As of the 2020 census the population was 4,420,568, [1] or about 62% of the state's total, making it the fourth-most populous county in the United States and the most populous county in Arizona, and making Arizona one of the nation's most centralized states.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,238 square miles (3,210 km 2), of which 1,237 square miles (3,200 km 2) is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 km 2) (0.1%) is water. [5] It is the smallest county by area in Arizona.