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Gila County, Arizona

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
53historic places
—earliest paper
1881formed
53,272pop. 2020
4cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 53 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Globe, Miami, Roosevelt.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Arizona is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Gila titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

29 of 53 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

53 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Archeological Site No. AR-03-12-06-1130(TNF)Punkin CenterSite1989
Archeological Site No. AR-03-12-06-1131(TNF)Punkin CenterSite1989
Besh-Ba-GowahGlobeSite1984
Black River BridgeCarrizoStructure1988
Bullion Plaza SchoolMiamiBuilding2001
Cline Terrace Platform Mound (AR-03-12-06-132 TNF)Punkin CenterSite1989
Coolidge DamSan CarlosStructure1981
Cordova Avenue BridgeMiamiStructure1989
Diamond Point Lookout CabinTonto VillageBuilding1988
Dominion HotelGlobeBuilding1978
Elks BuildingGlobeBuilding1987
Fossil Creek BridgeStrawberryStructure1988
Gila County CourthouseGlobeBuilding1975
Gila PuebloGlobeBuilding1977
Gila Valley Bank and Trust BuildingGlobeBuilding1987
Globe Downtown Historic DistrictGlobeDistrict1987
Globe Mine Rescue StationGlobeBuilding1990
Holy Angels ChurchGlobeBuilding1983
Houston Mesa RuinsPaysonSite1986
Hunt Farmstead Historic DistrictPineDistrict2021
Inspiration Avenue BridgeMiamiStructure1989
International HouseGlobeBuilding1988
Keystone Avenue BridgeMiamiStructure1989
Kinishba Ruins NHLWhiteriverDistrict1966
La Santa Cruz de GlobeGlobeSite2011
Miami Avenue BridgeMiamiStructure1989
Miami Community ChurchMiamiBuilding2005
Miller, Pryor, HousePineBuilding2004
Natural Bridge LodgePaysonBuilding1986
Oak Creek Platform Mound (AR-03-12-06-714 TNF)Punkin CenterSite1989
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament ChurchMiamiBuilding2008
Ox Bow InnPaysonBuilding2004
Park Creek Platform Mound (AR-03-12-06-1044 TNF)Punkin CenterSite1989
Perkins StoreYoungBuilding1999
Pinal Ranger StationGlobeBuilding1993
Pine Community Center Historic DistrictPineDistrict2005
Pleasant Valley Ranger StationYoungBuilding1993
Randall, Alfred Jason, HousePineBuilding2000
Reppy Avenue BridgeMiamiStructure1988
Rye Creek Ruin Platform Mound Complex Archeological DistrictRyeDistrict1995
Salt River BridgeRooseveltStructure1988
Salt River Canyon BridgeCarrizoStructure1988
Schoolhouse Point (AR-03-12-06-13(TNF)RooseveltSite1989
Soderman BuildingMiamiBuilding2000
St. John's Episcopal ChurchGlobeBuilding1977
Strawberry SchoolStrawberryBuilding2005
Theodore Roosevelt Dam National Register DistrictRooseveltDistrict1998
Thompson Draw Summer Homes Unit 1 Historic DistrictPaysonDistrict2014
Tonto National Monument Archeological DistrictRooseveltDistrict1966
Tonto National Monument Visitor CenterGilaBuilding2010
Tonto National Monument, Lower Ruin (AZ U:8:047A ASM)RooseveltSite1989
Tonto National Monument, Upper Ruin (AZ U:8:048 ASM)RooseveltSite1989
US Post Office and Courthouse-Globe MainGlobeBuilding1985

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Gila was formed in 1881 (1881-02-08) from Maricopa, Pinal.

GILA created by Arizona Territory from MARICOPA and PINAL.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Gila County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

54k28k2,02118901920196020002020
189019001920194019501960198020002020
2,0214,97325,67823,86724,15825,74537,08051,33553,272

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Tonto National MonumentPark unit32.0 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

4 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 4 of 4 listed
NameLatLon
Globe Cemetery33.39374-110.79653
Mountain Meadows Memorial Park34.19429-111.3154
Payson Pioneer Cemetery34.23558-111.35613
Tonto Basin Cemetery33.9467-111.31921

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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