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Globe (Western Apache: Bésh Baa Gowąh "Place of Metal") [3] is a city in and the county seat [4] of Gila County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 7,249. [ 5 ]
The Globe Downtown Historic District encompasses a group of commercial, religious, and governmental buildings related to the status of Globe as the economic and governmental center of Gila County. Globe was designated as the County Seat of Gila County and grew into the primary economic and commercial center of the Globe mining region.
The act became the official law governing the district. The townsite of 'Globe City' was officially laid out in July 1876. Globe became the seat of Gila County, a new Arizona county, in February 1881. [1] [2] [3] The price of silver had decreased by 1881, however by the same token the price of copper increased.
Gila County (/ ˈ h iː l ə / HEE-lə) is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,272. [1] The county seat is Globe. [2] Gila County comprises the Payson, Arizona micropolitan statistical area which is included in the greater Phoenix–Mesa, AZ combined statistical area.
The closest city is the Globe, Arizona/Miami, Arizona area, which is just a few miles north of the mountain range. [2] The mountains are located within the Tonto National Forest, and their recreational facilities are maintained by the USDA's United States Forest Service.
The Globe Ranger District, which is located north, south, and west of the city of Globe, has an area of approximately 450,000 acres (182,000 ha). Vegetation types include desert, chaparral, and pinyon-juniper. [2] The Globe Ranger Station is the home base for the Globe Hotshots, an interagency hotshot fire suppression crew. [5] [6]
Besh-Ba-Gowah is a 200-room prehistoric Salado masonry pueblo located atop a broad ridge overlooking Pinal Creek. The site is situated one mile southwest from Globe, Arizona and surrounded by a small city park and adjacent museum with excavated items including prehistoric pottery, stone and woven artifacts.
Copper Hill is a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona, United States. Copper Hill is located near US Route 60, northeast of the city of Globe. The population as of the 2010 U.S. Census was 108. [3]