Mohave County, Arizona

Mohave County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Kingman
Year Organized: 1864
Square Miles: 13,312

Court House:

401 Spring Street
County Courthouse
Kingman, AZ 86401-5800
Phone: (928) 753-9141
Fax: (928) 753-0732

Named: Mohave is named after the Mohave Indians, one of the Yuma tribes.

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History

Mohave County, Arizona

This county is created out of the northwestern part of the Territory, and is surrounded on the west by the Colorado River. The remarks heretofore made of the river valley in Yuma County will apply to this county. The county lying east of the Colorado River is generally rolling and hilly, covered with nutritious grasses and an abundance of wood and timber. Stock thrives the year through without prepared food. There is a free pasturage in this county alone, yet unoccupied, for immense herds, and many valleys of excellent agricultural lands.

It has been known since the society of the Territory, that nearly all the mountains in this county contained lodes of gold, silver, copper and lead, and, in 1863, an attempt was made to developed and work some of these lodes; some machinery was erected and considerable money expended, but as has been the case in nearly all new mining counties, hostility of Indians, extravagance, want of experience, etc., the investments proved disastrous, and the mining interest has been paralyzed, until within the past few months. Recently a few practical miners undertook the task of giving new life to this abandoned and almost forgotten field. Upon development, a number of lodes of gold and silver have been found, rich and extensive. A population of about five hundred miners has already accumulated in the Wallapai mining district. Machinery is being erected, roads built, and mines developed with a good prospect of excellent returns.

The inhabited places of the county are Mohave City, located on the Colorado River; Hardyville, six miles above, and the Wallapai mining district.

All merchandise are principally shipped tip the Colorado River, and landed either at Mohave or Hardyville, although wagon trains are constantly running from Los Angeles with goods for this section and the interior.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Washington County, Utah
Northeast: Kane County, Utah
East: Coconino County
Southeast: Yavapai County
South: La Paz County
Southwest: San Bernardino County, Calif.
Northwest: Clark County, Nev.; Lincoln County, Nev.

Cities:

Beaver Dam
Bullhead City
Chloride
Colorado City
Dolan Springs
Fort Mohave
Golden Shores
Golden Valley
Grand Canyon Caverns
Grasshopper Junction
Hackberry
Havasu City
Hualapai
Kingman (County Seat)
Lake Havasu City
Lake Mead Rancheros
Littlefield
Meadview
Mohave Valley
Oatman
Peach Springs
Shipley
Temple Bar Marina
Topock
Truxton
Valentine
Wikieup
Willow Beach
Yucca

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Mohave County, Arizona

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