Nutrioso is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Nutrioso is located on U.S. Route 180 and U.S. Route 191, 12 miles (19 km) south-southeast of Eagar. Nutrioso has a post office with ZIP code 85932.[3] As of the 2010 census, the population was 26.[4]
Nutrioso, Arizona | |
|---|---|
 Location of Nutrioso in Apache County, Arizona. | |
  Nutrioso  Nutrioso | |
| Coordinates: 33°57′05″N 109°12′22″W / 33.95139°N 109.20611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Apache |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.28 sq mi (0.72 km2) |
| • Land | 0.28 sq mi (0.72 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 7,697 ft (2,346 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 39 |
| • Density | 139.78/sq mi (53.95/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| ZIP code | 85932 |
| Area code | 928 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2582833[2] |
History
editNutrioso's name is derived from the Spanish word Nutria ("Otter"). The early Spanish colonists referred to beaver as "nutria", perhaps because the Eurasian beaver had been extinct in Spain since the 17th century.[5][6][7] On August 2, 1776 Francisco Silvestre Vélez de Escalante wrote in his diary, "...we halted in a small plain on the bank of another arroyo which is called Rio de las Nutrias, because, although it is of permanent and running water, apparently during all or most of the year it stands in pools where they say beavers breed."[8] The first settlers in the area either killed an otter and a bear (Oso in Spanish) and took the name from that incident,[9] killed a beaver and a bear and misused the term "Nutria"[10] or killed just a beaver and used the term "Nutrioso" to mean "Of Beavers".[11]
Nutrioso rose in importance as Mormon refugees relocated here after other nearby settlements were attacked by Native American groups. By 1880, a fort had been constructed, and by 1883 a post office was established. [10]
Demographics
edit| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 39 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[12] | |||
See also
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References
edit- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nutrioso, Arizona
- ^ "Free ZIP Code Lookup with area code, county, geocode, MSA/PMSA, population". Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Nutrioso CDP, Arizona". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
- ^ J. J. Warner (1907–1908). "Reminiscences of Early California from 1831 to 1846 Warner Annual Publications of the Historical Society of Southern California 1907–1908". Annual Publication of the Historical Society of Southern California. 7 (2/3): 176–193.
- ^ Francisco Tomás Hermenegildo Garcés, Elliott Coues (1900). On the trail of a Spanish pioneer: the diary and itinerary of Francisco Garcés (missionary priest) in his travels throughout Sonora, Arizona, and California, 1775–1776 Vol. I and II. F. P. Harper.
- ^ Robert Hixson Julyan (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. p. 297. ISBN 9780826316899. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
- ^ "The Diary and Itinerary of Fathers Dominguez and Escalante". Retrieved June 4, 2012.
- ^ Charles S. Peterson (1973). Take up your mission; Mormon colonizing along the Little Colorado River, 1870-1900. University of Arizona Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780816503971. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ^ a b Byrd H. Granger (1960). Arizona Place Names. University of Arizona Press. p. 18. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
- ^ George Rippey Stewart (1970). American place-names: A concise and selective dictionary for the continental United States of America. Oxford University Press. p. 335. ISBN 978-0-19-500121-1. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
External links
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