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Wickenburg is located in northwestern Maricopa County. The town limits extend north into the southwestern part of Yavapai County. Via U.S. Route 60, Phoenix is 53 miles (85 km) to the southeast, and Blythe, California, on the Colorado River, is 114 miles (183 km) to the west-southwest.
Vulture City's post office was established on October 4, 1880, and Henry Wickenburg was the town's first Post Master. The town had more than five boarding houses and several buildings. The huge Vulture Mine-Assay Office building, built in 1884, still stands today. The town also had cookhouse and mess hall plus stores, saloons and even a school. [3]
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The Vulture mine began when a prospector from California's gold rush, Henry Wickenburg, discovered a quartz deposit containing gold and began mining the outcrop himself. In 1863, after Henry Wickenburg discovered the Vulture mine, Vulture City, a small mining town, was established in the area. The town once had a population of 5,000 citizens.
Town 1986 7 Chino Valley: 10,817 Town 1970 8 Sedona (partly in Coconino County) 10,031 City 1988 9 Wickenburg (Most of population in Maricopa County) 6,363 Town 1909 10 Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) 6,147 CDP 11 Williamson: 5,438 CDP 12 Paulden: 5,231 CDP 13 Lake Montezuma: 4,706 CDP 14 Clarkdale: 4,097 Town 1957 15 Dewey-Humboldt: 3,894 Town ...
Vulture City's post office was established on October 4, 1880, and Henry Wickenburg was the town's first postmaster. The town had more than five boarding houses and several buildings. The huge Vulture Mine-Assay Office building, built in 1884, still stands today. The town also had a cookhouse and mess hall plus stores, saloons and even a school ...
Wickenburg served as the town's postmaster, Justice of the Peace, Trustee for Wickenburg Schools, served on the school board, was a census taker, served on the coroner's jury, was the president of the Wickenburg Mining District, gave an easement to the railroad so it could come into Wickenburg, and donated land for the first permanent church in ...
Wickenburg Municipal Airport (FAA LID: E25) is a public use airport located 3.5 miles (3.0 nmi; 5.6 km) west of the central business district of Wickenburg, in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. It is owned by the Town of Wickenburg. [1]