Walnut Grove is an archaic placename in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.[2] It has an estimated elevation of 3,668 feet (1,118 m) above sea level.[1]
Walnut Grove, Arizona | |
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 Walnut Grove in Arizona Territory circa 1877 | |
  Walnut Grove Location within the state of Arizona  Walnut Grove Walnut Grove (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 34°16′59″N 112°32′55″W / 34.28306°N 112.54861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Yavapai |
| Elevation | 3,668 ft (1,118 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (MST) |
| Area code | 928 |
| FIPS code | 04-80850 |
| GNIS feature ID | 35860 |
When Prescott was selected as capital of the Arizona Territory in 1864, an amendment to select Walnut Grove as the capital instead failed on a 9-8 vote, as did votes to locate the capital at La Paz or a new proposed town to be called Aztlan.[3]
The Walnut Grove mining district was defined in 1864 and named after the Walnut Grove settlement.[4]
A Wheeler Survey party came through in October 1871, and stated "At Walnut Grove is a settlement where we found well cultivated lands." A post office was established in 1874.[5] The settlement of Walnut Grove is reference several times in Arizona as it is; or, The coming country (1877) by Hiram C. Hodge.[6] The failure of the Walnut Grove Dam in 1890 killed over 100.[5]
The Walnut Grove Elementary School District was founded to serve the community around 1875. A one-room schoolhouse operated into the 1980s.[7] The district was disestablished due to lack of students in 2021.[8]
A 2008 historical survey of Walnut Creek Cemetery described Walnut Creek as a ghost town. The cemetery, containing between 140 and 180 graves, is located off Wagoner Road.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b "Feature Detail Report for: Walnut Grove". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Walnut Grove (in Yavapai County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- ^ Bates, Al (15 November 2014). How Arizona Territory came to have its “Capital on Wheels”, Sharlot Hall Library & Archives
- ^ "Local Mining Laws and Regulations" (PDF). pp. 263–264.
- ^ a b Barnes, Will C. Arizona Place Names, p. 475 (1988)
- ^ "Arizona as It is, or, The Coming Country: Compiled From Notes of Travel During the Years 1874, 1875, and 1876". Arizona Memory Project. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ^ Smith, Fred (1984-12-10). "Fate of teacher, kids left hanging in school dispute". The Arizona Republic. Vol. 95, no. 208. pp. A1, A2. – Clipping of first and of second page (Text detail A, text detail B, text detail C) at Newspapers.com.
- ^ Turner, Scott (2021-03-16). "WUSD expands in Yavapai County". Wickenburg Sun. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ^ "History of the Prescott National Forest". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ^ "Walnut Grove Cemetery, Yavapai County, Arizona". Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project. 2006-03-31. Retrieved 2023-01-23.