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Arizola, Arizona

Coordinates: 32°51′04″N 111°42′51″W / 32.85111°N 111.71417°W / 32.85111; -111.71417
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Arizola, Arizona
Populated place
Arizola is located in Arizona
Arizola
Arizola
Location of Arizola in Arizona
Coordinates: 32°51′04″N 111°42′51″W / 32.85111°N 111.71417°W / 32.85111; -111.71417
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyPinal
Elevation
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1,437 ft (438 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)
ZIP codes
85122
Area code520
FIPS code04-03460
GNIS feature ID765

Arizola is a populated place situated in Pinal County, Arizona, United States.[2] It has an estimated elevation of 1,437 feet (438 m) above sea level.[1]

The community was named by combining Arizona and Ola Thomas, the daughter of an early settler.[3]

History

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Arizola's population was 20 in the 1960 census.[4] The town was the center of an attempted swindle by James Addison Reavis, the so-called "Baron of Arizona".[5] Reavis claimed to own all water and minerals in a purported Spanish land grant.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Feature Detail Report for: Arizola". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Arizola (in Pinal County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  3. ^ Stewart, George R. (1970). American place-names; a concise and selective dictionary for the continental United States of America. New York: Oxford University Press.
  4. ^ "Arizona". World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. A. Chicago: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation. 1960. p. 557.
  5. ^ Jackson, Jeff (20 June 2020). "Reavis put Arizola on map ignominiously". Tri-Valley Dispatch. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  6. ^ Barnes, Will C. (1960). Arizona Place Names. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. p. 290.
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