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Florence (O'odham: S-auppag) is a town in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. [3] Florence, which is the county seat of Pinal County, is one of the oldest towns in that county and includes a National Historic District with over 25 buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The population of Florence was 26,785 at the 2020 ...
The entirety of SR 79 is a direct surface route, roughly paralleling I-10 and serving as the main route through Florence. Florence is the county seat of Pinal County and formerly served the Silver King Mine. [5] Although Florence is not accessible by Interstate, it can be reached by I-10 traffic from SR 287 and SR 87 via Casa Grande and ...
Levi Ruggles (1880) The historic Florence Bridge. Florence was founded on the southern boundary of the Gila River by Levi Ruggles, a veteran of the American Civil War. The town is sixty-one miles southeast of Phoenix, in the Pinal County of Arizona, United States. [1]
The county seat is Florence. The county was established in 1875. Pinal County contains parts of the Tohono Oʼodham Nation, the Gila River Indian Community and the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, as well as all of the Ak-Chin Indian Community. Pinal County is included in the Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler, Arizona Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Four counties (Mohave, Pima, Yavapai and Yuma) were created in 1864 following the organization of the Arizona Territory in 1862. The now defunct Pah-Ute County was split from Mohave County in 1865, but merged back in 1871. All but La Paz County were created by the time Arizona was granted statehood in 1912.
SR 287 begins in Florence at a "Y" junction with SR 79 Business near the southern end of town. The route proceeds westbound to Coolidge as the Florence-Coolidge Highway. Upon reaching Coolidge, SR 287 overlaps State Route 87 as Arizona Boulevard, and travels several miles directly south until diverging westward to Casa Grande (where it is known as Florence Boulevard).
Route map State Route 87. SR 87 highlighted in red ... In Coolidge, State Route 87 is known as Arizona Boulevard. ... SR 287 east – Florence:
Map of the United States with Arizona highlighted. Arizona is a state located in the Western United States.According to the 2020 United States Census, Arizona is the 14th most populous state with 7,151,502 inhabitants (as of the 2020 census) [1] and the 6th largest by land area spanning 113,623.1 square miles (294,282 km 2). [2]