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Butte County: In 1897, James C. Goodwin, with the support of Charles T. Hayden and others, introduced a bill at the Territorial Legislature to split Maricopa County into two, with Tempe being the county seat. [13] [14] There have also been proposals, introduced in 1900 and 1913, to divide Maricopa County, with Mesa as the new county's seat. [14]
Maricopa County (/ ˌ m ær ɪ ˈ k oʊ p ə /) is a county in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona.As of the 2020 census the population was 4,420,568, [1] or about 62% of the state's total, making it the fourth-most populous county in the United States and the most populous county in Arizona, and making Arizona one of the nation's most centralized states.
Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and is part of the Phoenix metropolitan area.Named Scottsdale in 1894 after its founder Winfield Scott, a retired U.S. Army chaplain, the city was incorporated in 1951 with a population of 2,000.
The 2024 Maricopa County Board of Supervisors elections were held on November 5, 2024. Primary elections were held on August 6. All five seats of the Maricopa County, Arizona Board of Supervisors will be up for election. The Republican Party currently holds four seats on the board, while the Democratic Party holds one.
FILE - An election worker verifies a ballot on a screen inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office, Nov. 10, 2022, in Phoenix. Six Arizona counties will decide Monday, Nov. 28, whether to certify ...
PHOENIX — A southern Arizona county has filed a lawsuit against its former treasurer with a history of tax liens, alleging she embezzled more than $39 million for over a decade by siphoning ...
In June 2023, the Maricopa County Recorder's Office launched Maricopa Title Alert. [10] This program monitors recorded documents in Maricopa County and alerts subscribers if a document is recorded in a specific individual's name and/or business name. There are currently over 45,000 individuals signed up for this free service. [11]
The Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix (2021). Members of the Arizona Legislature are elected from 30 districts, each of which elect one senator and two representatives.Members of both chambers serve two-year terms.