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Yavapai County, Arizona

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—newspaper titles
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138historic places
—earliest paper
1864formed
236,209pop. 2020
34cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 138 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Prescott, Cottonwood, Camp Verde.

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 Yavapai titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

88 of 138 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

138 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Arizona Pioneers' HomePrescottBuilding1995
Ash Fork Maintenance Camp #1Ash ForkBuilding2000
Beaver Creek Ranger StationRimrockBuilding1993
Beaver Creek SchoolRimrockBuilding2016
Blumberg HousePrescottBuilding1978
Brinkmeyer HousePrescottBuilding1978
Broadway BridgeClarkdaleStructure1988
Building at 826 North Main StreetCottonwoodBuilding1986
Burmister/Timerhoff HousePrescottBuilding1978
Camp Date CreekDate CreekSite1996
Camp Verde Grammar SchoolCamp VerdeBuilding2018
Childs-Irving Hydroelectric FacilitiesCamp VerdeDistrict1991
Clark HousePrescottBuilding1978
Clark Memorial ClubhouseClarkdaleBuilding1982
Clarkdale Historic District (Additional Documentation)ClarkdaleDistrict1998
Clear Creek ChurchCamp VerdeBuilding1975
Clear Creek Pueblo and CavesCamp VerdeSite1975
Clemenceau Public SchoolCottonwoodBuilding1986
Copper Creek Guard StationBlack Canyon CityBuilding1993
Cottage HotelSeligmanBuilding1998
Cottonwood Commercial Historic DistrictCottonwoodDistrict2000
Cottonwood Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)CottonwoodDistrict2021
Courthouse Plaza Historic DistrictPrescottDistrict1978
Cross Creek Ranch HouseSedonaBuilding2008
Crown King Ranger StationCrown KingBuilding1993
Day HousePrescottBuilding1978
Detwiler HousePrescottBuilding1978
Drake HousePrescottBuilding1978
Dunning, Charles H., Log CabinPrescottBuilding1993
East Prescott Historic District (Additional Documentation)PrescottDistrict1989
Edens HouseCottonwoodBuilding1986
Elks Building and TheaterPrescottBuilding1978
Fewke's Fort Below Aztec Pass (AR-03-09-06-23)PrescottSite1989
First Congregational Church and ParsonagePrescottBuilding1978
Fisher/Goldwater HousePrescottBuilding1978
Fleury's Addition Historic DistrictPrescottDistrict1994
Fleury's Addition Historic District (Boundary Increase)PrescottDistrict2019
Fort Verde DistrictCamp VerdeDistrict1971
Fort Verde District (Boundary Increase)Camp VerdeDistrict1977
Fort Whipple-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Historic DistrictPrescottDistrict1999
Fredericks HousePrescottBuilding1978
Gage/Murphy HousePrescottBuilding1978
Gardner, James I., StorePrescottBuilding1985
Goldwater, Henry, HousePrescottBuilding1982
Groom Creek SchoolPrescottBuilding1992
Hassayampa Historic DistrictPrescottDistrict2003
Hassayampa HotelPrescottBuilding1979
Hatalacva RuinClarkdaleSite1974
Hawkins HousePrescottBuilding1978
Hazeltine HousePrescottBuilding1978
Head HousePrescottBuilding1978
Hell Canyon BridgeDrakeStructure1988
Hill HousePrescottBuilding1978
Hill, Sam, HardwarePrescottBuilding1978
Hill, Samuel, Hardware Company WarehousePrescottBuilding1984
Hotel VendomePrescottBuilding1983
Hyde Mountain Lookout HouseCamp WoodBuilding1988
Indian Peak Ruin (AR-03-09-06-116)PrescottSite1989
Iron Turbine WindmillPrescottStructure1981
Jerome Historic District NHLJeromeDistrict1966
Joslin and Whipple Historic DistrictPrescottDistrict2000
Kay-El-Bar RanchWickenburgDistrict1978
Kenwill ApartmentsPrescottBuilding1988
Kirkland StoreKirklandBuilding1998
Lawler-Hetherington Double HousePrescottBuilding1978
Little Hell Canyon BridgeDrakeStructure1988
Loy Butte PuebloSedonaDistrict1975
Lynx Creek BridgePrescottStructure1988
Lynx Creek DistrictPrescottDistrict1978
Marks HousePrescottBuilding1978
Martin/Ling HousePrescottBuilding1978
Master Mechanic's HouseCottonwoodBuilding1986
Mayer ApartmentsMayerBuilding1989
Mayer Business BlockMayerBuilding1989
Mayer Red Brick SchoolhouseMayerBuilding2004
Mile High Park Historic DistrictPrescottDistrict1999
Mingus Lookout ComplexMingusStructure1988
Montezuma Castle National MonumentFlagstaffDistrict1966
Montezuma Castle National Monument-Back Ranch Historic District-Montezuma Well UnitRimrockDistrict2013
Morin HousePrescottBuilding1978
Mormon ChurchPrescottBuilding1983
Morrison HousePrescottBuilding1978
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Exchange BuildingPrescottBuilding2004
Mulvenon BuildingPrescottBuilding1993
North Prescott Townsite Historic DistrictPrescottDistrict2009
OK Ranch Historic DistrictSedonaDistrict2018
Old Governor's MansionPrescottBuilding1971
Otis HousePrescottBuilding1978
Palace Station DistrictPrescottBuilding1976
Pecan Lane Rural Historic LandscapeCamp VerdeDistrict2000
Peeples Valley SchoolPeeples ValleyBuilding2007
Perkinsville BridgeAsh ForkStructure1989
Perry Mesa Archeological DistrictPhoenixDistrict1975
Perry Mesa Archeological District (Boundary Increase)Black CanyonDistrict1996
Peter HousePrescottBuilding1978
Pine Crest Historic DistrictPrescottDistrict1989
Poland TunnelPolandStructure1978
Prescott Armory Historic DistrictPrescottDistrict1994
Prescott Public LibraryPrescottBuilding1975
Roberts HousePrescottBuilding1978
Robinson, A. W., BuildingPrescottBuilding1978
Rock HouseGroom CreekBuilding1994
Sacred Heart Catholic Church and RectoryPrescottBuilding1978
Sacred MountainRimrockSite1975
Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railway, Limestone Canyon DistrictChino ValleyDistrict1994
Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railroad DepotPrescottBuilding1988
Schuerman Homestead HouseSedonaBuilding2023
Seligman Commercial Historic DistrictSeligmanDistrict2005
Sewall HousePrescottBuilding1978
Shekels HousePrescottBuilding1978
Sloan HousePrescottBuilding1978
Smelter Machine ShopCottonwoodBuilding1986
South Prescott Townsite (Additional Documentation)PrescottDistrict1998
Superintendent's ResidenceCottonwoodBuilding1986
Sycamore Cliff DwellingSedonaSite1990
Sycamore Ranger StationCamp VerdeBuilding1993
Toltec LodgePrescottBuilding2000
Tuzigoot Developed Area Historic DistrictClarkdaleDistrict2025
Tuzigoot MuseumClarkdaleBuilding2010
Tuzigoot National Monument Archeological DistrictClarkdaleDistrict1966
US Post Office and Courthouse-Prescott MainPrescottBuilding1985
UVX Smelter Operations ComplexCottonwoodBuilding1986
Verde River BridgePauldenStructure1988
Verde River Sheep BridgeCarefreeStructure1978
Walker Charcoal KilnPrescottStructure1976
Walnut Creek BridgeSimmonsStructure1989
Walnut Creek Ranger StationPrescottBuilding1993
Walnut Grove BridgeWalnut GroveStructure1988
Wells HousePrescottBuilding1978
West Prescott Historic DistrictPrescottDistrict1989
West Prescott Historic District (Boundary Increase)PrescottDistrict2004
Whipple Heights Historic DistrictPrescottDistrict2000
Wilder HousePrescottBuilding1978
Willard HouseCottonwoodBuilding1986
Wingfield, Hank and Myrtle, HomesteadCamp VerdeBuilding1999
Wingfield, Robert W., HouseCamp VerdeBuilding1986
Woolsey Ranchhouse RuinsHumboldtSite1977
Yavapai County CourthousePrescottBuilding1977

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

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

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

236k119k2,1421870188019201950196020002020
1870188019001920194019501960198020002020
2,1425,01313,79924,01626,51124,99128,91268,145167,517236,209

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.
Tuzigoot National MonumentPark unit52.7 km

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

34 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 34 of 34 listed
NameLatLon
All Souls Cemetery34.74624-111.97107
American Lutheran Church Columbarium34.56263-112.47451
Arizona Pioneers Home Cemetery34.56243-112.48584
Ash Fork Cemetery35.23169-112.47877
Aztlan Lodge Number 1 Masonic Cemetery34.54485-112.47374
Black Canyon City Municipal Memorial Park34.05862-112.15053
Boblett Cemetery34.61045-112.39942
Bradshaw City Cemetery34.19192-112.35617
Cedar Glade Cemetery34.98044-112.37442
Cherry Cemetery34.58833-112.04776
Chino Valley Cemetery34.73136-112.47014
Clear Creek Cemetery34.52614-111.82793
Congress Cemetery34.19003-112.85487
Cottonwood Cemetery34.7452-112.01299
Crown King Cemetery34.21281-112.34267
Genung Memorial Park34.28084-112.7222
Henderson Cemetery34.53124-112.22841
Humboldt Cemetery34.51477-112.23771
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery34.53213-112.46053
Kentucks Grave34.13586-112.361
Las Vegas Ranch Cemetery34.78526-112.66618
Mayer Cemetery34.38278-112.24892
Memorial Park34.54447-112.45378
Middle Verde Cemetery34.62488-111.88915
Middle Verde Yavapai - Apache Cemetery34.63114-111.88589
Nelson Cemetery35.5186-113.31188
Prescott National Cemetery34.54672-112.44754
Puntenney Cemetery34.97521-112.38827
Rolling Hills Cemetery34.65025-112.43018
Saint Luke's Columbarium34.65019-112.43297
Seligman Cemetery35.3201-112.88429
Skull Valley Cemetery34.53077-112.68613
Valley View Cemetery34.75653-112.06088
Walnut Grove Cemetery34.26815-112.54983
Historical populated places — 3 of 3
NameLatLon
Meath35.12335-112.4474
Prieta34.57502-112.56045
Tip Top34.05087-112.24683

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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