Welcome to the Arizona American History and Genealogy Project!

                  

Welcome to The American History and Genealogy Project (AHGP), an unincorporated not-for-profit network of independent sites devoted to History & Genealogy, and covering North American Countries and Territories. For more information about our group, including how you can join us, please see our About page.

This site needs your help!  Please consider adopting an Arizona county today!

This is is a central point of entry to independent not-for-profit web sites with historical or genealogical content for the state of Arizona.

AHGP State Table
Arizona County Table
Email Registry

Any time you see this symbol ← next to a name, it means that they have registered their email address at the Email Registry and it will be their current email address.

My name is Kim Gordon and I am the State Coordinator and Webmaster for Arizona.  If you have any questions or would like to submit any information for this site, please email me and put Arizona in the subject line.

Any time you see this symbol ← next to a name, it means that they have registered their email address at the Email Registry and it will be their current email address.

Arizona is the Grand Canyon State

Area: 114,006 square miles, 6th Land 113,642 square miles, 6th - Water 364 square miles, 48th

Bird: Cactus Wren

Capital:  Phoenix , and seat of Maricopa County, located on the Salt River in the south central part of the state. Phoenix sits on the eastern edge of the Sonoran Desert. A commercial, manufacturing, financial, tourist, and retirement center, Phoenix serves as a distribution point for the agricultural products of the irrigated Salt River Valley. It is the hub of a vast metropolitan region that includes Avondale, Chandler, Gilbert, Glendale, Mesa, Paradise Valley, Peoria, Scottsdale, Sun City, and Tempe. Phoenix has become one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing cities. Several factors have contributed to the city’s spectacular growth, including its temperate, dry, sunny climate during much of the year, its recreational opportunities, and its diversified industries.

Economy:

Flower: Saguaro cactus blossom (Giant Cactus)

Largest Cities: Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa, Glendale, Scottsdale

Links:

People and Languages

Statehood: February 14, 1912 (Territorial Government of the Territory of Arizona was organized February 24, 1863)

U.S. Marshalls (Arizona Territory)

COUNTIES

Note: AHGP allows more than one web site per county.  If you would like to adopt one of the counties, please go to About This Project for information on what is required for hosting a county.

Counties with the icon need a county host.  Please click on the icon to email me and let me know you would like to adopt a county.  Arizona requirements

County Organized County Seat   County Host
Apache 1879 St. Johns
Cochise 1881 from Pima Bisbee
Coconino 1891 from Yavapai Flagstaff Kim Gordon
Gila 1881 from Maricopa & Pinal Globe
Graham 1881 from Apache & Pima Safford
Greenlee 1909 from Graham Clifton
La Paz 1983 from Yuma Parker
Maricopa 1871 Phoenix
Mohave 1864 from Arizona Territory Kingman
Navajo 1895 from Yavapai Holbrook
Pima 1864 from Arizona Territory Tucson
Pinal 1875 from Maricopa and Pima Florence
Santa Cruz 1899 Nogales
Yavapai 1864 from Arizona Territory Prescott
Yuma 1864 from Arizona Territory Arizona City  

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