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Apache Junction (Western Apache: Hagosgeed) is a city in Pinal and Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,499, [4] most of whom lived in Pinal County. It is named for the junction of the Apache Trail and Old West Highway. The area where Apache Junction is located used to be known as Youngberg.
Pinal County was carved out of neighboring Maricopa County and Pima County on February 1, 1875, during the Eighth Legislature. In the August 18, 1899, issue of The Arizona Magazine, the name "Pinal" is said to come from the pine-clad Pinal Mountains. [3] Pinal County was the second-fastest-growing county in the U.S. between 2000 and 2010. [4]
Location of Pinal County in Arizona. ... Florence Union High School. June 22, 1987 1000 S. Main St. ... Apache Junction: 46:
Picacho Elementary School District #33 [8] Ray Unified School District #3; Red Rock Elementary School District #5 [9] Sacaton Elementary School District #18 [10] Santa Cruz Valley Union High School District #840; Stanfield Elementary School District #24 [11] Superior Unified School District #15; Toltec Elementary School District #22 [12]
The first public school in the area began to form in 1949, and by 1954, barracks from Phoenix's Osborn School District had been acquired and placed at the site. In 1958, it finally broke away from the Apache Junction Unified School District. The district was named for a Mr. J. O. Combs, who donated five acres of land to the district in the ...
The Apache Junction Unified School District is a school district in Apache Junction, Arizona, additionally serving the town of Gold Canyon. It was formed in 1952 and serves 3404 students at three elementary schools, one middle school, one alternative school, and one high school .
Central Arizona College was founded in 1969. With five campuses and three centers located throughout the county, campuses include: Signal Peak, located in Coolidge, Arizona, Aravaipa, located in Winkelman, Arizona, Superstition Mountain, located in Apache Junction, Arizona, Maricopa, located in Maricopa, Arizona, and San Tan, located in San Tan Valley, Arizona.