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Kingman is a city in and the county seat of Mohave County, Arizona, United States.It is named after Lewis Kingman, an engineer for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.It is located 105 miles (169 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, and 180 miles (290 km) northwest of Arizona's state capital, Phoenix. [5]
86401 [3] Area code: 928: FIPS code: 04-78865: Valle Vista is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mohave County, in the U.S. state of ...
The county territory was originally defined as being west of longitude 113° 20' and north of the Bill Williams River. [3] Pah-Ute County was created from it in 1865 and was merged back into Mohave County in 1871 when much of its territory was ceded to Nevada in 1866. The county's present boundaries were established in 1881.
The Mohave County Hospital – located W. Beale between Grand View and 1st St.. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 14, 1986, reference: #86001165. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 14, 1986, reference: #86001165.
Mineral Park was a mining town, now a ghost town in the Mineral Park valley of the Cerbat Mountains in Mohave County, Arizona. [6] Its ruins and cemetery are now located within the property of the mine. [7] Mining in the area began in 1871 and a camp was established soon after. The mines produced primarily silver, gold, copper, lead and zinc.
Santa Claus (also known as Santa Claus Acres) [2] is an uninhabited desert place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.Originating in 1937, [3] Santa Claus lies approximately 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Kingman, Arizona, along U.S. Route 93 between mile markers 57 and 58, [4] immediately north of Hermit Drive and just south of both Grasshopper Junction, Arizona, and the Junk Art of ...
A county formation commission is required to be formed to evaluate the feasibility of the proposed county. [5] A proposal to divide a county must be approved by a majority of the votes cast in each proposed new county. [6] Under the Arizona Constitution, counties are politically and legally creatures of the state, and do not have charters of ...
Grasshopper Junction is an unincorporated community in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. [2] Lying four miles (6 km) west of the town of Chloride, Grasshopper Junction provides access to a lone surviving mining camp along County Road 125. [3] The area features the Grasshopper Junction restaurant as a roadside attraction. [4]