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Pima County, Arizona

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

—newspaper titles
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222historic places
—earliest paper
1864formed
1,043,433pop. 2020
32cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 222 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 4 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Tucson, Ajo, Lukeville.

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 Pima titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

105 of 222 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

222 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Adams, James P. and Sarah, HouseTucsonBuilding2011
Agua Caliente Ranch Rural Historic LandscapeTucsonDistrict2009
Air Force Facility Missile Site 8 (571-7) Military Reservation NHLGreen ValleySite1992
Ajo Townsite Historic DistrictAjoDistrict2001
Aldea Linda Residential Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict2009
American Smelting and Refining Company Southwestern Department HeadquartersTucsonBuilding2022
Anderson, Arthur Olaf and Helen S., HouseTucsonBuilding2017
Arivaca SchoolhouseArivacaBuilding2012
Arizona Daily Star BuildingTucsonBuilding2002
Arizona HotelTucsonBuilding2003
Arizona InnTucsonBuilding1988
Armory Park Historic Residential District (Additional Documentation)TucsonDistrict1976
Armory Park Historic Residential District (Boundary Increase)TucsonDistrict1996
Barrio AnitaTucsonDistrict2011
Barrio El Hoyo Historic District (Additional Documentation)TucsonDistrict2008
Barrio El Membrillo Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict2009
Barrio Libre (Additional Documentation)TucsonBuilding1978
Barrio San AntonioTucsonDistrict2024
Barrio Santa RosaTucsonDistrict2011
Bates Well RanchAjoDistrict1994
Bauder, Jean and Paul, HouseTucsonBuilding2017
Bauder, Jean and Paul, House (Boundary Increase II)TucsonBuilding2020
Bauder, Jean and Paul, House (Boundary Increase)TucsonBuilding2019
Binghampton Rural Historic LandscapeTucsonDistrict2003
Blenman-Elm Historic District (Additional Documentation)TucsonDistrict2003
Boudreaux-Robison HouseTucsonBuilding1992
Bray-Valenzuela HouseTucsonBuilding1992
Broadmoor Historic District (Additional Documentation III)TucsonDistrict2021
Brown, Grace and Elliot, HouseTucsonBuilding2017
Bull PastureLukevilleSite1978
Caldwell, Erskine P., HouseTucsonBuilding2010
Cannon, Dr. William Austin, HouseTucsonBuilding1982
Canoa Ranch Headquarters Historic DistrictGreen ValleyDistrict2016
Casa Juan PaisanoTucsonBuilding2013
Casitas de Castilian Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict2022
Catalina American Baptist ChurchTucsonBuilding2008
Catalina Foothills Estates ApartmentsTucsonBuilding2015
Catalina Foothills Estates Job 265 HouseTucsonBuilding2017
Catalina Foothills Estates Job No. 399 HouseTucsonBuilding2018
Catalina Townhouses Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict2020
Catalina Vista Historic District (Additional Documentation)TucsonDistrict2003
Cavalry CorralsTucsonSite1978
Cienega BridgeVailStructure1988
Cocoraque Butte Archeological DistrictTucsonSite1975
Colonia Solana Residential Historic District (Additional Documentation)TucsonDistrict1989
Colossal Cave Preservation Park Historic DistrictVailDistrict1992
Congdon, Stephen and Persis Hart Browne, HouseTucsonBuilding2018
Copper Bell Bed and BreakfastTucsonBuilding1992
Corcoran, John P. and Helena S., HouseTucsonBuilding2011
Cordova HouseTucsonBuilding1972
Coronado HotelTucsonBuilding1982
Craig, George C., HouseTucsonBuilding2017
Curley SchoolAjoBuilding2008
DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict2006
Deep Well RanchTucsonBuilding2004
Desert Laboratory NHLTucsonBuilding1966
Dodson-Esquivel HouseTucsonBuilding1992
Don Martin Apartment HouseTucsonBuilding2010
Dos Lomitas RanchAjoDistrict1994
Downtown Tucson Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict2021
Drexel HouseTucsonBuilding2017
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, SchoolTucsonBuilding2018
El Camino Del DiabloLukevilleStructure1978
El Conquistador Water TowerTucsonStructure1980
El Dorado LodgeTucsonBuilding2023
El Encanto ApartmentsTucsonBuilding1994
El Encanto Estates Residential Historic District (Additional Documentation)TucsonDistrict1988
El Montevideo Historic District (Additional Documentation)TucsonDistrict1994
El Montevideo Historic District (Boundary Increase)TucsonDistrict2007
El Montevideo Neighborhood Residential Historic District (Boundary Increase)TucsonDistrict2000
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad DepotTucsonBuilding2004
El Presidio Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict1976
El TiraditoTucsonSite1971
Eleven Arches, TheTucsonBuilding2010
Empire RanchGreatervilleSite1975
Empirita Cattle Ranch Rural Historic DistrictBensonDistrict2009
Feldman's Historic District (Additional Documentation)TucsonDistrict1989
Feldman's Historic District (Boundary Increase)TucsonDistrict2008
Ferguson, George W., HouseTucsonBuilding2018
First Hittinger BlockTucsonBuilding2003
First Joesler HouseTucsonBuilding2010
Fletcher, P.W., HouseTucsonBuilding2011
Fort Lowell ParkTucsonSite1978
Fourth Avenue Commercial Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict2017
Fourth Avenue UnderpassTucsonStructure1988
Fox Commercial BuildingTucsonBuilding2004
Fox TheatreTucsonBuilding2003
Gabel HouseTucsonBuilding2010
Gachado Well and Line CampLukevilleBuilding1978
Ghost Ranch LodgeTucsonDistrict2012
Gist ResidenceTucsonBuilding2009
Gordon ResidenceTucsonBuilding2024
Greenway, John and Isabella, HouseAjoBuilding1998
Growler Mine AreaLukevilleSite1978
Gunsight Mountain Archeological DistrictThree PointsDistrict1991
Hall, Arthur C. and Helen Neel, HouseTucsonBuilding2011
Hall, Lewis D.W., HouseTucsonBuilding2011
Harrenstein, Dr. Howard Paul, HouseTucsonBuilding2019
Haynes BuildingTucsonBuilding2010
Hecker HouseTucsonBuilding2010
Hotel CongressTucsonBuilding2003
Hughes, Sam, Neighborhood Historic District (Additional Documentation)TucsonDistrict1994
I'itoi Mo'o-Montezuma's Head and 'Oks Daha-Old Woman SittingAjoSite1994
Indian House Community Residential Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict2001
Indian Ridge Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict2010
Iron Horse Expansion Historic District (Additional Documentation)TucsonDistrict1986
J. C. Penney-Chicago StoreTucsonBuilding2003
Jacobson HouseTucsonBuilding2022
Jefferson Park Historic District (Additional Documentation)TucsonDistrict2012
Joesler-Loerpabel HouseTucsonBuilding2025
Johnson, Donald S. and Elizabeth E., HouseTucsonBuilding2018
Julian-Drew BuildingTucsonBuilding1996
Kentucky Camp Historic DistrictSonoitaDistrict1995
Lemmon Rock Lookout HouseTucsonBuilding1988
Los Robles Archeological DistrictRed RockDistrict1989
Lowell Ranger StationTucsonBuilding1993
Manning CabinTucsonBuilding1975
Manning, Levi H., HouseTucsonBuilding1979
Marist College Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict2011
Matus, Antonio, House and PropertyTucsonBuilding1991
McFadden, Phillip G. HouseTucsonBuilding2011
Men's Gymnasium, University of ArizonaTucsonBuilding1990
Menlo Park Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict2010
Milton MineLukevilleSite1978
Miracle Mile Historic District (Additional Documentation)TucsonDistrict2017
Officer's QuartersTucsonBuilding1978
Old Adobe PatioTucsonBuilding1971
Old Library BuildingTucsonBuilding1979
Old Main, University of ArizonaTucsonBuilding1972
Orchard River Garden ParkTucsonDistrict2022
Owen HomesiteTucsonBuilding2013
Pascua Cultural PlazaTucsonSite2004
Pie Allen Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict1996
Pie Allen Historic District (Boundary Decrease)TucsonDistrict2015
Pima County CourthouseTucsonBuilding1978
Post Trader's Store and Riallito HouseTucsonBuilding1978
Post Trader's StorehouseTucsonBuilding1978
Quartermaster StorehouseTucsonBuilding1978
Quartermaster's CorralsTucsonSite1978
Ramada HouseTucsonBuilding2006
Rebeil BlockTucsonBuilding2004
Rialto BuildingTucsonBuilding2003
Rialto TheatreTucsonBuilding2003
Rillito Race Track Historic District (Boundary Increase)TucsonDistrict2012
Rillito Racetrack-ChuteTucsonStructure1986
Rincon Heights Historic District (Additional Documentation))TucsonDistrict2013
Rincon Mountain Foothills Archeological DistrictTucsonDistrict1979
Robles Ranch HouseRobles JunctionBuilding2010
Ronstadt HouseTucsonBuilding1979
Ronstadt-Sims Adobe WarehouseTucsonBuilding1989
Sabedra-Huerta HouseTucsonBuilding1988
Sam Hughes Neighborhood Historic District (Additional Documentation)TucsonDistrict2000
Sam Hughes Neighborhood Historic District (Boundary Increase II)TucsonDistrict2023
San Clemente Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict2005
San Pedro ChapelTucsonBuilding1993
San Rafael EstatesTucsonDistrict2013
San Xavier del Bac NHLTucsonBuilding1966
Santa Ana del Chiquiburitac Mission SiteTucsonSite1975
Santa Cruz Catholic ChurchTucsonBuilding1994
Schwalen-Gomez HouseTucsonBuilding1992
Shrine of Santa Rita in the DesertVailBuilding2015
Site No. HD 13-11TucsonSite1978
Site No. HD 13-13TucsonSite1978
Site No. HD 13-4TucsonBuilding1978
Site No. HD 4-8ATucsonSite1978
Site No. HD 5-26TucsonSite1978
Site No. HD 7-0ATucsonSite1978
Site No. HD 7-13TucsonSite1978
Site No. HD 9-28TucsonSite1978
Site Nos. HD 12-4/12-8TucsonBuilding1978
Site Nos. HD 5-28/5-25TucsonSite1978
Site Nos. HD 9-11/9-2TucsonSite1978
Sixth Avenue UnderpassTucsonStructure1988
Smith, Professor George E. P., HouseTucsonBuilding1982
Sosa-Carrillo-Fremont HouseTucsonBuilding1971
Southern Pacific Railroad Locomotive No. 1673TucsonObject1992
Spring, John, Neighborhood Historic DistrictTucsonBuilding1989
St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal ChurchTucsonBuilding2024
St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal ChurchTucsonBuilding2004
Steam Pump RanchOro ValleyDistrict2009
Stone Avenue UnderpassTucsonStructure1988
Sunshine Mile Historic District (Additional Documentation)TucsonDistrict2020
Sutherland Wash Archeological DistrictTucsonDistrict1988
Sutherland Wash Rock Art DistrictTucsonDistrict1993
Todd, Charles S., HouseTucsonBuilding2001
Tucson Community Center Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict2015
Tucson Medical CenterTucsonBuilding2022
Tucson Mountain Park Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict2021
Tucson Veterans Administration Hospital Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict2012
Tucson Warehouse Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict1999
Tumamoc Hill Archeological District, TheTucsonDistrict2010
Type A at 2101 E. Water StTucsonBuilding2010
Type B at 2019 E. Water StTucsonBuilding2010
U.S. Inspection Station-Sasabe, Arizona (Additional Documentation)SasabeBuilding2014
U.S. Post Office and CourthouseTucsonBuilding1983
USDA Tucson Plant Materials CenterTucsonBuilding1997
University Heights Elementary SchoolTucsonBuilding1983
University Indian Ruin Archeological Research DistrictTucsonDistrict2012
University of Arizona Campus Agricultural CenterTucsonDistrict2024
University of Arizona Campus Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict1986
Upper Davidson Canyon Archeological DistrictSonoitaSite1992
Vail Post Office, OldVailBuilding2011
Valencia Site (BB:13:15;BB:13:74)TucsonSite1984
Valley National Bank BuildingTucsonBuilding2003
Valley of the MoonTucsonDistrict2011
Van Schaick, Nellie Mae Kellogg, HouseTucsonBuilding2011
Velasco HouseTucsonBuilding1974
Ventana Cave NHLSanta RosaSite1966
Victoria MineLukevilleSite1978
ViewpointTucsonBuilding2021
Villa CatalinaTucsonBuilding2009
Villa del Rio Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict2026
Warner, Solomon, House and MillTucsonBuilding1976
West University Historic District (Additional Documentation)TucsonDistrict1980
West University Historic District (Boundary Increase)TucsonDistrict2018
Wilshire Heights Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict2025
Wilson, Betty-Jean, HouseTucsonBuilding2016
Windsor Park Historic DistrictTucsonDistrict2026
Winterhaven Historic District (Additional Documentation)TucsonDistrict2005
Woollen, Herbert and Irma, HouseTucsonBuilding2017
Wright, Harold Bell, EstateTucsonBuilding1985
Wright, Harold Bell, EstatesTucsonDistrict2011

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Pima was formed in 1864 (1864-11-10) from unknown / original county.

PIMA created as one of four original counties in Arizona Territory.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Pima County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1.0M525k5,7161870188019201950196020002020
1870188019001920194019501960198020002020
5,71617,00614,68934,68072,838141,216265,660531,443843,7461,043,433

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

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

Cemeteries — 32 of 32 listed
NameLatLon
Ajo Cemetery32.38033-112.8675
All Faiths Memorial Park32.19637-110.76226
Arivaca Cemetery31.57657-111.33136
Ascension Lutheran Church Memorial Garden32.35273-110.99334
Beautiful Savior Church Memorial Garden32.34428-111.04587
Binghampton Cemetery32.28006-110.91087
Catalina United Methodist Church Memorial Garden32.2351-110.93135
Christ Church United Methodist Memorial Garden32.23016-110.87596
Continental Cemetery31.85189-110.96704
East Lawn Palms Cemetery32.25258-110.86873
Evergreen Mortuary and Cemetery32.26248-110.98078
Green Valley Mortuary and Memorial Gardens31.90947-110.99376
Gunsight Cemetery32.2169-112.67788
Helvetia Cemetery31.85122-110.80852
Holy Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum32.2691-110.98024
Marana Mortuary and Cemetery32.44743-111.22361
Monte Calvario Cemetery32.11456-111.07529
Pima County Cemetery / Tucson Pioneer Cemetery32.26605-110.98539
Prayer Garden and Columbarium32.22408-110.87462
Rincon Memorial Cemetery32.12216-110.71335
Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church Columbarium32.34546-110.98204
San Xavier Cemetery32.1076-111.0143
Santa Rosa Francisco Cemetery32.33283-112.06426
Silver Bell Cemetery32.43653-111.56226
South Lawn Memorial Cemetery32.15313-110.95185
Tanque Verde Cemetery32.23939-110.73601
Tanque Verde Ranch Cemetery32.24099-110.68707
Tohono Oodham Reservation Cemetery32.16599-112.12508
Tucson Pioneer Cemetery32.26419-110.98395
Twin Buttes Cemetery31.90417-111.06686
Vail Childrens' Cemetery32.04955-110.71323
White Cross Cemetery32.02786-110.4823

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

Historical markers

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