Allenville was a community located in western Maricopa County, Arizona, United States,[2] south of the town of Buckeye, on the edge of the Gila River, at an estimated elevation of 837 feet (255 m) above sea level.
Allenville, Arizona | |
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Populated place | |
  Allenville Location of Allenville in Arizona | |
| Coordinates: 33°21′07″N 112°35′12″W / 33.35194°N 112.58667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Maricopa |
| Elevation | 837 ft (255 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (MST) |
| ZIP codes | 85326 |
| Area code | 623 |
| FIPS code | 04-01850 |
| GNIS feature ID | 605 |
The community was founded in 1944 after Phoenix-area developer Fred Norton subdivided land two miles south of Buckeye. The community was named after John Allen, a local, respected African-American man.[3]
In 1969, the town had approximately 450 residents. A campaign by mayors around the Phoenix area to help bring running water to the community raised $26,000 that year.[4] However, the wells which were dug contained arsenic or were contaminated with salt, so the community continued to import drinking water from nearby Buckeye.[5]
In 1978, the Gila River flooded, devastating the Allenville community, bringing the population down to around 150 people.[5] The community was abandoned after it was ravaged by another flood in 1981. Instead of rebuilding Allenville, most of the community moved to nearby Hopeville.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Feature Detail Report for: Allenville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Allenville, AZ Profile: Facts, Map & Data". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
- ^ Bolles, Don (August 20, 1969). "Migrants built Allenville". Arizona Republic.
- ^ "Allenville water fund goes over top". Arizona Republic. August 24, 1969.
- ^ a b Bommersbach, Jana (July 2, 1978). "A town waits to go home". Arizona Republic.
- ^ "Community of Hopeville sprung from '78 flood devastation". Tucson Citizen. March 15, 2001.
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