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GNIS feature ID. 29342. Website. www.globeaz.gov. Globe (Western Apache: Bésh Baa Gowąh "Place of Metal") [3] is a city in Gila County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 7,249. [4] The city is the county seat of Gila County. [5] Globe was founded c. 1875 as a mining camp.
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. The Old Dominian Copper Mining Company began to flourish.
May 28, 1987. 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.
With the help and support of real estate companies in Globe, Van Dyke organized several events to create enthusiasm among the public. Following this promotion, his land lots in the new town sold easily. [3] Eventually, the Phelps Dodge Corporation bought out the Miami Copper Company and took over the day-to-day operations of the mine.
Copper mining in Arizona. In Arizona, copper mining has been a major industry since the 19th century. In 2007, Arizona was the leading copper-producing state in the country, producing 750 thousand metric tons of copper, valued at $5.54 billion. Arizona's copper production was 60% of the total for the United States.
Added to NRHP. August 6, 1987. The Gila Valley Bank and Trust Building is a former bank building listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Globe, Arizona. It was built in 1909 to house the bank, later known as Valley National Bank of Arizona, and it was listed on the Register in 1987.
Area code. 928. FIPS code. 04-35450. GNIS feature ID. 30392. Inspiration is a ghost town in Gila County, Arizona, in the United States. [2] It has an estimated elevation of 3,927 feet (1,197 m) above sea level. [1] Inspiration was the company town for the Inspiration copper mine.
The San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation (Western Apache: Tsékʼáádn), in southeastern Arizona, United States, was established in 1872 as a reservation for the Chiricahua Apache tribe as well as surrounding Yavapai and Apache bands removed from their original homelands under a strategy devised by General George Crook of setting the various Apache tribes against one another. [1]