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Maricopa County, Arizona

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

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
452historic places
—earliest paper
1871formed
4,420,568pop. 2020
82cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 452 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 4 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa.

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 Maricopa titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

288 of 452 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

452 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
1931 Tempe BridgeTempeStructure1981
59th Avenue Residential Historic DistrictGlendaleDistrict2006
6th Avenue Hotel-Windsor HotelPhoenixBuilding1985
915 E. Pierce Street/Grand Pyramid HousePhoenixBuilding2002
Ackel, Salim, HousePhoenixBuilding1994
Adams SchoolPhoenixBuilding1979
Adams, W. E., HousePhoenixBuilding1995
Administration/Science BuildingTempeBuilding1985
Ainsworth, Eliza and Charles, HousePhoenixBuilding2023
Alchesay Canyon BridgeRooseveltStructure1988
Alhambra HotelMesaBuilding1991
Alma Ward Meeting HouseMesaBuilding2006
Alston, Dr. Lucius Charles, HouseMesaBuilding2012
Alvarado Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict1994
Ammo Bunker (S-1007)MesaStructure1995
Ammo Bunker (S-1008)MesaStructure1995
Anchor Manufacturing Co.PhoenixBuilding1985
Anderson, Helen, HousePhoenixBuilding1983
Anderson-Johannes HousePhoenixBuilding1995
Andre BuildingTempeBuilding1979
Angulo-Hostetter HouseMesaBuilding2000
Archeological Site No. AZ U:10:20(ASU)MesaSite1995
Archeological Site No. AZ U:10:25(ASU)MesaSite1995
Arizona Academy-North Hall and South HallPhoenixBuilding1993
Arizona Army National Guard ArsenalPhoenixBuilding2010
Arizona Compress & Warehouse Co. WarehousePhoenixBuilding1985
Arizona State Capitol BuildingPhoenixBuilding1974
Arizona State Hospital BuildingPhoenixBuilding2009
Arvizu's El Fresnal Grocery StorePhoenixBuilding1985
Asbury, Cline R. / Riney B. Salmon HousePhoenixBuilding2010
Ashland Place Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict1994
Avery, Frank and Emma, HousePhoenixBuilding2020
Azatlan Archeological SiteRio Verde EstatesSite1995
B. B. Moeur Activity BuildingTempeBuilding1985
Baird, F. S., Machine ShopPhoenixBuilding1985
Bartlett DamCarefreeStructure2017
Bartlett, Samuel L., HousePhoenixBuilding1996
Bayless, J. B., Store No. 7PhoenixBuilding1985
Beadle House No. 11PhoenixBuilding2017
Beet Sugar FactoryGlendaleBuilding1978
Bennitt MansionPhoenixBuilding2009
Bethlehem Baptist ChurchPhoenixBuilding1993
Blount Addition Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict1986
Boardwalk Apartments Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2015
Bohn, Louis J. and Lee, Gertrude, HousePhoenixBuilding2011
Boomer, Jorgine, HousePhoenixBuilding2016
Borah HousePhoenixBuilding2018
Borden Homes Historic District (Additional Documentation)TempeDistrict2012
Borden Milk Co. Creamery and Ice FactoryTempeBuilding1984
Boulder Creek BridgeTortilla FlatStructure1989
Bragg's Pies BuildingPhoenixBuilding2009
Brazaletes Pueblo SiteCarefreeSite1975
Brentwood Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2010
Brophy College ChapelPhoenixBuilding1993
Brown's PharmacyPhoenixBuilding1985
Buckeye Union High School School A-WingBuckeyeBuilding2009
Buckeye Woman’s ClubBuckeyeBuilding2021
Buckhorn Baths MotelMesaBuilding2005
Bunch, E.C., HouseGLendaleBuilding2008
Burgess Lateral Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2009
Cactus InnWickenburgBuilding1986
Camelback 32PhoenixDistrict2025
Campus Vista Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2010
Cartwright SchoolPhoenixBuilding1993
Casa Del NorthernPhoenixDistrict2022
Cashion Archeological SiteCashionSite1978
Cave Creek Service StationCave CreekBuilding2000
Cavness, William Edward, HousePhoenixBuilding2001
Celebrity TheatrePhoenixBuilding2019
Celora Stoddard/Lon Harmon HousePhoenixBuilding1983
Central SchoolPeoriaBuilding1982
Chambers Transfer & Storage Co.PhoenixBuilding1985
Chambers Transfer & Storage Co.-Central WarehousePhoenixBuilding1985
Chandler Commercial Historic DistrictChandlerDistrict2000
Chandler High SchoolChandlerBuilding2007
Cheery Lynn Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict1994
Chelsea Place Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict1983
Cisney, George E., HousePhoenixBuilding2015
City Hall and JailWickenburgBuilding1986
Civil Engineering Maintenance ShopMesaBuilding1995
Coe, H. M., HousePhoenixBuilding1995
Coffelt-Lamoreaux Homes Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2014
Concrete Block HousePhoenixBuilding1983
Concrete Block HousePhoenixBuilding1983
Connor-Harold HouseParadise ValleyBuilding2023
Converse, Ralph, HousePhoenixBuilding2010
Conway, Colonel Edward Power, HousePhoenixBuilding2011
Cook, Neil and Louise, HousePhoenixBuilding2016
Copeland & Tracht Service StationPhoenixBuilding1985
Coronado Neighborhood Historic District (Additional Documentation)PhoenixDistrict1986
Coronado Neighborhood Historic District (Boundary Increase)PhoenixDistrict1993
Country Club Park Historic SubdivisionPhoenixDistrict1994
Craig MansionPhoenixBuilding1992
Curtis CottagePrescottBuilding1993
Date Palm Manor Historic DistrictTempeDistrict2015
DeMund, Lester D., HousePhoenixBuilding1995
Del Norte Place Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict1994
Demountable HangarMesaStructure1995
Diller, Adam, HousePhoenixBuilding2011
Dome HouseCave CreekBuilding2018
Doughterty, J. B., and C. W. Peterson HousePhoenixBuilding1995
Douglas, Lewis, HousePhoenixBuilding1985
Dowdy, George O., Rental CottageGlendaleBuilding2009
Dunbar SchoolPhoenixBuilding1993
Dunlap, Charles H., HousePhoenixBuilding1983
Durand GroceryPhoenixBuilding1985
Earll Place Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2006
East Alvarado Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2000
East Evergreen Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2010
Eisendrath, Rose, HouseTempeBuilding2011
El Zaribah Shrine AuditoriumPhoenixBuilding1989
Elder-Moffitt HousePhoenixBuilding1995
Elias-Rodriguez HouseTempeBuilding1984
Elizabeth Seargeant-Emery Oldaker HousePhoenixBuilding1983
Elliott HouseTempeBuilding1984
Ellis, George, HouseScottsdaleBuilding1999
Ellis-Shackelford HousePhoenixBuilding1983
Encanto Manor Historic DistrictPhoenixBuilding2010
Encanto Vista Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2010
Encanto-Palmcroft Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict1984
Encanto-Palmcroft Historic District (Boundary Increase II)PhoenixDistrict1994
Encanto-Palmcroft Historic District (Boundary Increase III)PhoenixDistrict2017
Encanto-Palmcroft Historic District (Boundary Increase)PhoenixDistrict1992
England, Abner Elliot-Lawrence, Guy Hidden, HousePhoenixBuilding2011
Evans HousePhoenixBuilding1976
Evergreen Historic DistrictMesaDistrict1999
Executive TowersPhoenixBuilding2017
Eyrich-Kohl HousePhoenixBuilding1995
Fairview Place Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict1994
Falcon Field World War II Aviation HangarsMesaBuilding2016
Farmer-Goodwin HouseTempeBuilding1972
FirestonePhoenixBuilding1985
First Baptist ChurchPhoenixBuilding1982
First Church of Christ ScientistPhoenixBuilding1993
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Glendale SanctuaryGlendaleBuilding2006
First National Bank of Glendale BuildingGlendaleBuilding1983
First Presbyterian ChurchPhoenixBuilding1993
First Presbyterian Church of PeoriaPeoriaBuilding2012
Fish Creek BridgeTortilla FlatStructure1988
FlagpoleMesaObject1995
Floralcroft Historic DistrictGlendaleDistrict2006
Fort McDowellFort McDowellDistrict1992
FortalezaGila BendSite1969
Frankenberg HouseTempeBuilding2008
Frankenberg HouseTempeBuilding1981
Franklin SchoolPhoenixBuilding1993
Fraser Fields Historic District (Additional Documentation)MesaDistrict2010
Fry Building-Baxter BlockPhoenixBuilding1985
Garcia SchoolWickenburgBuilding1982
Garfield Historic District (Additional Documentation)PhoenixDistrict2010
Garfield Methodist ChurchPhoenixBuilding1993
Gates, Neil H., HousePhoenixBuilding1986
Gatlin Site NHLGila BendSite1966
General Sales Company WarehousePhoenixBuilding2016
Gerardo's BuildingPhoenixBuilding1985
Gibbes, Carter W., HousePhoenixBuilding1983
Gila Bend OverpassGila BendStructure1988
Gilbert Elementary SchoolGilbertBuilding1980
Gillespie Dam Highway BridgeGila BendStructure1981
Glaus HouseParadise ValleyBuilding2021
Glendale Gardens Historic DistrictGlendaleDistrict2012
Glendale Grammar School One-room Class BuildingGlendaleBuilding2006
Glendale High School AuditoriumGlendaleBuilding2006
Glendale Townsite-Catlin Court Historic DistrictGlendaleDistrict1992
Glendale Townsite-Catlin Court Historic District (Boundary Increase)GlendaleDistrict2007
Glendale Tract Historic DistrictGlendaleDistrict2006
Glendale Woman's Club ClubhouseGlendaleBuilding1989
Gonzales-Martinez HouseTempeBuilding1984
Goodwin BuildingTempeBuilding1984
Grace Lutheran ChurchPhoenixBuilding1993
Grady Gammage Memorial AuditoriumTempeBuilding1985
Grand Avenue Commercial Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2024
Grunow, Lois, Memorial ClinicPhoenixBuilding1985
Guadalupe CemeteryTempeSite2022
Hackett, Roy, HouseTempeBuilding1974
Hadsell, Burgess A., HousePhoenixBuilding1995
Halm, George M. and Howard, Mary Alverda, HousePhoenixBuilding2011
Hanny'sPhoenixBuilding1985
Harelson, Sarah and Jack, HousePhoenixBuilding2010
Harrington-Birchett HouseTempeBuilding1984
Hassayampa River BridgeHassayampaStructure1988
Hayden Flour MillTempeDistrict2024
Hayden, C. T., HouseTempeBuilding1984
Heard BuildingPhoenixBuilding1985
Hedgpeth Hills Petroglyph SitePhoenixSite1984
Hiatt HouseTempeBuilding1984
Hidden, George, HousePhoenixBuilding1995
Hilgeman, Franklin, HousePhoenixBuilding2017
Hilvert, Fred G., HousePhoenixBuilding2016
Hohokam-Pima Irrigation Sites NHLPhoenixSite1966
Horse Mesa DamPhoenixStructure2017
Horseshoe DamPhoenixStructure2017
Hotel Westward HoPhoenixBuilding1982
House at 160 ApacheWickenburgBuilding1986
House at 170 CenterWickenburgBuilding1986
House at 185 WashingtonWickenburgBuilding1986
House at 818 South 1st AvenuePhoenixBuilding1995
Housing Storage Supply WarehouseMesaBuilding1995
Hubbard, L. Ron, HousePhoenixBuilding2009
Humbert, William K., HousePhoenixBuilding1983
Hunt Bass Hatchery Caretaker's HousePhoenixBuilding2003
Hunt's TombPhoenixStructure2008
Hurley BuildingPhoenixBuilding1985
Idylwilde Park Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict1998
Immaculate Heart of MaryPhoenixBuilding1993
Industrial Arts BuildingTempeBuilding1985
Initial Point of the Gila and Salt River Base Line and MeridianAvondaleSite2002
Irving SchoolMesaBuilding2000
Jacobs HouseWickenburgBuilding1986
Jacobs, Judge Fred C., HousePhoenixBuilding2011
Jefferson HotelPhoenixBuilding2019
Jones, Edward L., HouseParadise ValleyBuilding1996
Kenilworth Elementary SchoolPhoenixBuilding1982
Kenilworth Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict1983
Kerr, Louise Lincoln, House and StudioScottsdaleBuilding2010
King's Rest Hotel Motor CourtPhoenixBuilding1987
Kitchell, Denison, HousePhoenixBuilding1994
Kiva Craft CenterScottsdaleBuilding2022
Knights of Pythias BuildingPhoenixBuilding1985
Knorpp, Walter Wesley, HousePhoenixBuilding2023
Koontz, Kinter K.PhoenixBuilding2011
La Hacienda Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2009
Laird, Hugh, HouseTempeBuilding1984
Larson, C. A., HousePhoenixBuilding1995
Laveen School AuditoriumLaveenBuilding1996
Lehi SchoolMesaBuilding2001
Lewis and Pranty Creek BridgeTortilla FlatStructure1988
Liberty Methodist Episcopal Church, SouthBuckeyeBuilding2017
Long, Samuel C., HouseTempeBuilding1980
Los Olivos Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2010
Luhrs BuildingPhoenixBuilding2024
MacLennan HouseWickenburgBuilding1986
Main Building, Tempe Normal SchoolTempeBuilding1985
Manistee RanchGlendaleDistrict1998
Margarita Place Historic District (Additional Documentation)PhoenixDistrict2007
Maricopa County CourthousePhoenixBuilding1989
Masonic HallWickenburgBuilding1986
Matthews HallTempeBuilding1985
McClintock, James H., HousePhoenixBuilding1990
McCornack, Colonel Willard H., HousePhoenixBuilding2020
McCullough-Price HouseChandlerBuilding2009
McNair, Jonas, HouseGlendaleBuilding2006
Medlock Place Historic District (Additional Documentation)PhoenixDistrict2006
Mesa GrandeMesaSite1978
Mesa Journal-Tribune FHA Demonstration HomeMesaBuilding2003
Mesa Woman's ClubMesaBuilding1991
Midvale Archeological SiteChandlerSite1990
Miracle Mile Historic District (Additional Documentation)PhoenixDistrict2022
Moeur ParkTempeDistrict2014
Moeur, Gov. Benjamin B., HouseTempeBuilding2012
Moeur, W. A., HouseTempeBuilding1984
Monroe SchoolPhoenixBuilding1977
Morgan, David-Bronson, Earl A., HousePhoenixBuilding2011
Mormon Flat BridgeTortilla FlatStructure1988
Mormon Flat DamPhoenixStructure2017
Morristown StoreMorristownBuilding1991
Morrow-Hudson HouseTempeBuilding1984
Mullen, C. P., HouseTempeBuilding1984
Municipal Light PlantWickenburgBuilding1986
Myrtle Avenue Residential Historic DistrictGlendaleDistrict2009
Nohlechek, Rhoda, HouseWendenBuilding1996
North Central Avenue Streetscape Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2005
North Encanto Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2007
North Garfield Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2010
Northfield Historic DistrictGlendaleDistrict2010
O'Connor, Sandra Day, HouseTempeBuilding2019
Oakland Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict1992
Oakland Historic District (Additional Documentation)PhoenixDistrict2001
Old Barber ShopWickenburgBuilding1986
Old Brick Post OfficeWickenburgBuilding1986
Olney, George A/Everett E. Ellinwood HousePhoenixBuilding2010
Ong Yut Geong Wholesale MarketPhoenixBuilding1985
Ong's, Jim, MarketPhoenixBuilding1982
Orpheum TheaterPhoenixBuilding1985
Osborn, William Lewis, HousePhoenixBuilding1991
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission ChurchScottsdaleBuilding2018
Painted RocksThebaSite1977
Palm Lane GardensPhoenixBuilding2009
Palmer, E. Payne, HousePhoenixBuilding2002
Palo Verde RuinPeoriaSite2011
Park of the CanalsMesaDistrict1975
Pay'n Takit #13PhoenixBuilding1985
Pay'n Takit #25PhoenixBuilding1985
Pay'n Takit #5PhoenixBuilding1985
Pemberton, Sarah H., HousePhoenixBuilding2017
Peoria High School Old MainPeoriaBuilding2018
Peoria Jail HousePeoriaBuilding2020
Petersen, Niels, HouseTempeBuilding1978
Petroglyph Site AZ U 1:165ScottsdaleSite1998
Phoenix Building and Loan HousePhoenixBuilding1995
Phoenix Carnegie Library And Library ParkPhoenixBuilding1974
Phoenix Elementary School District No. 1 Administration BuildingPhoenixBuilding1997
Phoenix Homesteads Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict1987
Phoenix Homesteads Historic District Boundary IncreasePhoenixSite2010
Phoenix Indian School Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2001
Phoenix LDS Second Ward ChurchPhoenixBuilding1983
Phoenix Motor CompanyPhoenixBuilding2018
Phoenix Seed & Feed CompanyPhoenixBuilding1985
Phoenix TowersPhoenixBuilding2008
Phoenix TownsitePhoenixDistrict1978
Phoenix Union Colored High SchoolPhoenixBuilding1991
Phoenix Union High School Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict1982
Pierce, Harry E., HousePhoenixBuilding1983
Pierce, N. Clyde, HousePhoenixBuilding1998
Pieri-Elliot HousePhoenixBuilding1983
Pierson PlacePhoenixDistrict2019
Pine Creek BridgeTortilla FlatStructure1988
Pioneer Military and Memorial ParkPhoenixSite2007
Ponderosa IIMesaBuilding2018
Portland Street Historic District (Additional Documentation)PhoenixDistrict1983
Pratt, Charles H., HousePhoenixBuilding1996
President's HouseTempeBuilding1985
Professional BuildingPhoenixBuilding1993
Pueblo Grande Ruin NHLPhoenixDistrict1966
Railroad Steam Wrecking Crane and Tool CarChandlerStructure2007
Rancho ArroyoPhoenixBuilding2003
Rancho Joaquina HousePhoenixBuilding1984
Redden, Byron, HouseTempeBuilding1984
Redden, Lowell, HouseTempeBuilding1985
Regency HousePhoenixBuilding2016
Rehbein GroceryPhoenixBuilding1985
Rittenhouse Elementary SchoolQueen CreekBuilding1998
Roald Amundsen Pullman Private Railroad CarScottsdaleStructure2009
Robson Historic DistrictMesaDistrict2003
Roman RoadsPhoenixBuilding2018
Roosevelt Addition Historic DistrictTempeDistrict2009
Roosevelt Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict1983
Ross, John M., HousePhoenixBuilding2000
Rosson, Dr. Roland Lee, HousePhoenixBuilding1971
Royale Gardens IIPhoenixDistrict2022
Sacred Heart ChurchPhoenixBuilding2012
Sacred Heart Home for the AgedPhoenixBuilding2010
Safeway Pay 'n TakitWickenburgBuilding1986
Sage Acres Historic DistrictGlendaleDistrict2012
Sahuaro RanchGlendaleDistrict1980
Salt River Project Diversion and Conveyance System Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2017
San Carlos HotelPhoenixBuilding1983
San Marcos HotelChandlerBuilding1982
Sands Estate Historic DistrictGlendaleDistrict2011
Sands North Townhouses Historic DistrictScottsdaleDistrict2022
Santa Fe Railroad DepotWickenburgBuilding1986
Scott, Robert, HouseMesaBuilding1982
Scottsdale Grammar SchoolScottsdaleBuilding1994
Scottsdale NorthScottsdaleBuilding2023
Scudder, B. H., Rental HouseTempeBuilding1984
Sears-Kay RuinCarefreeSite1995
Security Center (Additional Documentation)PhoenixBuilding1985
Security Center (Boundary Increase)PhoenixBuilding2026
Selleh HouseTempeBuilding2005
Sharp, M. J., HousePhoenixBuilding1995
Shell Oil Co.PhoenixBuilding1985
Shride HouseWickenburgBuilding1986
Silk Stocking Neighborhood Historic DistrictChandlerDistrict2011
Sirrine HouseMesaBuilding1995
Skeleton Cave Massacre SiteApache JunctionSite1991
Skinner, E. W., HousePhoenixBuilding1995
Smith, Walter Lee, HousePhoenixBuilding2011
Smurthwaite HousePhoenixBuilding2001
Snyder, Dr. Bertram L., HousePhoenixBuilding2024
Southern Pacific Railroad Locomotive No. SP 2562 and Tender No. 8365ChandlerStructure2009
Spangler-Wilbur HouseMesaBuilding1993
Squaw Peak InnPhoenixBuilding1996
St. Mary's ChurchPhoenixBuilding1978
St. Mary's Church-Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic ChurchTempeBuilding1978
Stephens, C.P., DeSoto Six MotorcarsPhoenixBuilding2013
Stewart Mountain DamPhoenixStructure2017
Stoneman Road Military Trail SegmentCarefreeSite2025
Storage WarehousePhoenixBuilding1985
Storms HouseWickenburgBuilding1986
Story, F. Q., Neighborhood Historic District (Additional Documentation)PhoenixDistrict1988
Story, F. Q., Neighborhood Historic District (Boundary Increase) (Additional Documentation)PhoenixBuilding1993
Stoughton, Ralph H., EstatePhoenixBuilding1985
Stout's HotelGila BendBuilding2018
Strauch HouseMesaBuilding1991
Stubbs, Courtney and Hilda, HousePhoenixBuilding2011
Suhwaro HotelChandlerBuilding1994
Sun City DEVCO Model No.1Sun CityBuilding2015
Sun Mercantile BuildingPhoenixBuilding1985
Sun-Up RanchNew RiverDistrict1988
Sun-Up Ranch (Boundary Decrease)New RiverBuilding2009
Sunflower Ranger StaitonPunkin CenterBuilding1993
Sutton PlacePhoenixDistrict2022
Swindall Tourist InnPhoenixBuilding1995
Taliesin West NHLScottsdaleBuilding1974
Tal’-Wi-Wi RanchEl MirageDistrict2025
Tempe Beach StadiumTempeStructure1985
Tempe ButteTempeSite2011
Tempe Concrete Arch Highway BridgeTempeStructure1984
Tempe Double Butte Cemetery Pioneer SectionTempeSite2013
Tempe Hardware BuildingTempeBuilding1980
Tempe Woman's ClubTempeBuilding2000
Temple Beth IsraelPhoenixBuilding2011
Temple Historic DistrictMesaDistrict2000
The Olympus CondominiumsPhoenixDistrict2024
Thunderbird Estates and The McDonald Addition Historic DistrictGlendaleDistrict2010
Tinker, C.H., HouseGlendaleBuilding2006
Title and Trust BuildingPhoenixBuilding1985
Titus, Frank, HouseScottsdaleBuilding1982
Tomlinson Estates Historic DistrictTempeDistrict2015
Tovrea CastlePhoenixBuilding1996
Town and Country Scottsdale Residential Historic DistrictScottsdaleDistrict2009
Tubercular CabinCave CreekBuilding2001
Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad Caboose No. 15ChandlerStructure
Tweed, Judge Charles Austin, HousePhoenixBuilding1987
U.S. Courthouse and Federal Office BuildingPhoenixBuilding2021
U.S. Post OfficePhoenixBuilding1983
Union StationPhoenixBuilding1985
University Park Historic DistrictTempeDistrict2008
Upton, George B., HouseWickenburgBuilding1986
Valley Field Riding and Polo ClubScottsdaleBuilding2009
Valley National Bank Branch No. 10PhoenixBuilding2021
Valley Plumbing & Sheet MetalPhoenixBuilding1985
Verde Park PumphousePhoenixBuilding1995
Vernetta HotelWickenburgBuilding1986
Victoria Place Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict1988
Vienna BakeryTempeBuilding1980
Villa Verde Plat A and Villa Verde Plat B Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2010
Villa del CoronadoPhoenixBuilding2009
Village Grove 1-6 Historic DistrictScottsdaleDistrict2010
Vradenburg, George H., HousePhoenixBuilding2010
Walker, Harry, HouseTempeBuilding1984
Walker, J. W., Building-Central Arizona Light & PowerPhoenixBuilding1985
Water Pump Station and Water TowerMesaStructure1995
Webster AuditoriumPhoenixBuilding1990
Welnick Arcade Market and Liefgreen Seed Company BuildingPhoenixBuilding2016
West Second Street Historic DistrictMesaDistrict1999
West Second Street Historic District (Boundary Revision)MesaDistrict2003
West Side-Clark Addition Historic DistrictMesaDistrict2010
Western Wholesale Drug Co. WarehousePhoenixBuilding1985
Westwood Village and Estates Historic District (Additional Documentation)PhoenixDistrict2021
White, E. M., Dairy BarnTempeBuilding1984
Whitney, J. T., Funeral HomePhoenixBuilding1985
Whittier, John G., SchoolPhoenixBuilding1993
Wickenburg High School GymnasiumWickenburgBuilding1986
Wickenburg High School and AnnexWickenburgBuilding1986
Wickenburg Ice and Cold StorageWickenburgBuilding1986
Wickenburg, Henry, Pioneer CemeteryWickenburgSite2011
Wickenburg-Boetto HouseWichenburgBuilding2006
Wilbur Street Historic DistrictMesaDistrict1999
Willo Historic District (Additional Documentation)PhoenixDistrict1991
Willo Historic District (Additional Documentation)PhoenixDistrict1997
Windes, Dudley and Hope, FarmsteadPhoenixDistrict2024
Windsor Square Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2000
Wisdom HouseWickenburgBuilding1987
Woodland Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict1992
Woodlea Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2010
Wranglers RoostPhoenixBuilding2022
Wright, David and Gladys, HousePhoenixBuilding2022
Wrigley, William, Jr., Winter CottagePhoenixBuilding1989
Yaple Park Historic DistrictPhoenixDistrict2010
Yaun Ah Gim GroceriesPhoenixBuilding1986
el chaparralPhoenixBuilding2011

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Maricopa was formed in 1871 (1871-02-14) from Yavapai.

MARICOPA created by Arizona Territory from YAVAPAI.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Maricopa County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

4.4M2.2M5,689188019201950196020002020
188019001920194019501960198020002020
5,68920,45789,576186,193331,770663,5101,509,0523,072,1494,420,568

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

82 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 82 listed
NameLatLon
Agua Caliente Pioneer Cemetery32.98591-113.31814
Arrowhead Memorial Gardens33.6688-112.22376
Beth El Cemetery33.45192-112.11019
Beth Israel Memorial Cemetery33.44474-112.13274
Bosque Cemetery32.97381-112.56335
Camelback Cemetery33.52437-111.93281
Camino Del Sol Columbarium33.65503-112.3577
Cave Creek Cemetery33.81621-111.89077
Cementerio Lindo33.43068-112.0926
Christ Presbyterian Columbarium33.45648-112.40687
Church of the Advent Episcopal Church Columbarium33.64699-112.34138
Church of the Beatitudes Columbarium33.53812-112.08149
City Loosley Cemetery33.44503-112.09026
City Of Mesa Cemetery33.43865-111.83543
Co - Op Village Cemetery33.32734-112.19164
Congregational Church of Sun City Columbarium33.65159-112.27754
Crown of Life Lutheran Church Memorial Garden33.64513-112.34299
Desert Garden United Church of Christ Columbarium33.65303-112.33426
Double Butte Cemetery33.4061-111.97396
Eagle Eye Cemetery33.89532-113.17778
Faith Lutheran Church Columbarium33.50884-112.06401
Faith Presbyterian Church Prayer Garden33.63102-112.28808
First United Methodist Church Columbarium33.57391-112.2859
Fourr Cemetery33.00427-113.14114
Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery33.06511-112.27129
Garcia Cemetery33.98239-112.7402
Garden of Memories Columbarium and Scattering Garden33.58137-112.26227
Gila Crossing Cemetery33.27292-112.16499
Glendale Memorial Park33.55119-112.1917
Goodyear - Ocotillo Cemetery33.23629-111.84907
Goodyear Farms Historic Cemetery33.48989-112.33284
Governor Hunt Tomb33.45191-111.94437
Green Acres Memorial Park33.45314-111.9073
Greenwood Memory Lawn Mortuary and Cemetery33.45483-112.11621
Guadalupe Cemetery33.38244-111.9558
Heath Grave33.50032-112.3196
Hee - A - Han Park Cemetery32.94996-112.71485
Henry Wickenburg Pioneer Cemetery33.96447-112.7292
Holy Cross Cemetery33.47665-112.27889
Holy Redeemer Cemetery33.69563-112.02625
Jim Hart Memorial Monument33.56671-111.70931
Lakeview United Methodist Church Columbarium33.60566-112.28088
Liberty Cemetery33.37339-112.49448
Lord of Life Lutheran Church Memorial Columbarium33.66322-112.35851
Louis B Hazelton Memorial Cemetery33.40764-112.54658
Maricopa Cemetery33.36362-112.22284
Memory Lawn Cemetery33.45504-112.11654
Mountain View Funeral Home and Cemetery33.41714-111.66104
National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona33.6967-112.01801
Oatman Grave33.00431-113.15573
Palo Verde Baptist Church Cemetery33.34946-112.68544
Paradise Memorial Gardens33.58398-111.88061
Phoenix Memorial Park and Mortuary33.67044-112.07596
Pioneer Cemetery32.93005-112.71877
Pioneer and Military Memorial Park Cemetery33.44556-112.0903
Porter Cemetery33.44628-112.08988
Queen of Heaven Cemetery33.38007-111.80021
Resthaven Memorial Gardens Cemetery33.39404-111.98818
Rio Verde Memorial Gardens33.71773-111.67219
Rosedale Cemetery33.44647-112.0909
Russian Molokan Cemetery33.53099-112.21997
Saint Alban's Episcopal Church Memorial Garden33.96665-112.73603
Saint Anthony de Padua Catholic Church Columbarium33.97037-112.73256
Saint Christopher's Episcopal Church Columbarium33.5798-112.2808
Saint Francis Catholic Cemetery33.47233-111.97558
Saint Mary's Episcopal Church Cemetery33.53173-112.14257
Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist Church Columbarium33.6659-112.35766
Stout Cemetery32.91239-112.74148
Sunland Memorial Park33.62843-112.29064
Sunwest Cemetery33.62132-112.33155
Tom Walder Memorial Park33.94058-113.1738
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Columbarium33.45889-112.07498
Trinity Mennonite Church Columbarium33.54683-112.15273
Trinity United Methodist Church Memorial Garden33.53898-112.12615
Twin Buttes Cemetery33.40455-111.96666
Valley of the Sun Cemetery33.23391-111.84766
Valley of the Sun Memorial Park33.48921-112.04876
Verde Flats Cemetery33.81169-112.83949
West Resthaven Park Cemetery33.5547-112.19703
Wickenburg Cemetery33.9574-112.73766
Historical populated places — 5 of 5
NameLatLon
Dysart33.61448-112.32516
Fish Creek33.53338-111.30624
Ocapos32.99667-112.5175
Peterson33.37699-111.95764
Sil Murk32.98338-112.7285

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

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