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In 1891, he moved to Phoenix, Arizona believing that the dry air and sunshine would benefit his health. Norton designed the Carnegie Library, the city's first library, and the Gila County Courthouse in Globe, Arizona. In 1895, he built a house on Washington Street and in 1907 the rest of his family joined him in Phoenix. [4]
Phoenix: 1871: Pima and Yavapai Counties: The Maricopa (Piipaash) people. First attested in Spanish as Cocomaricopa, no origin or meaning is definitively known. 4,585,871: 9,224 sq mi (23,890 km 2) Mohave County: 015: Kingman: 1864 — The Mohave (Aha Makhav) people. The Mohave endonym means "along the water," referring to the Colorado. [12 ...
Clickable map of Arizona area codes in blue (and border states) The U.S. state of Arizona is served by five telephone area codes in three numbering plan areas: Area codes 602, 480, and 623 serve the Phoenix metropolitan area. The three area codes were recombined in 2023 into an overlay complex after a 1999 split:
Moon Valley is a neighborhood of approximately 1,600 homes located in the northern part of Phoenix, Arizona. The neighborhood, which comprises 29 separate subdivisions , was established in the early 1960s and is centered on the Moon Valley Country Club , a private country club . [ 1 ]
English: Maricopa and Pinal Counites (U.S. Census Bureau's official definition of the Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale Metropolitan Area) highlighted in a map of Arizona. Date 15 June 2015
Phoenix (/ ˈ f iː n ɪ k s / ⓘ FEE-niks [9] [10]) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,662,607 residents as of 2024.It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States and the most populous state capital in the country.
In 1980, Phoenix dwarfed other cities in the region with a population of 789,704. [6] Mesa was the next biggest city with a population of 152,404, followed by Tempe with a population of 106,919. [6] A group called the Phoenix 40 heavily influenced the region's politics and business matters affecting the entire region. [6]
By 1900, he had acquired 18,000 acres (73 km 2) of land and began drawing up plans for a town-site on what was then known as the Chandler Ranch. The town-site office opened on May 16, 1912. The original town-site was bounded by Galveston Street to the north, Frye Road to the south, Hartford Street to the west, and Hamilton Street to the east. [5]