Walnut Grove, Arizona

Populated place in Arizona, United States
34°16′59″N 112°32′55″W / 34.28306°N 112.54861°W / 34.28306; -112.54861CountryUnited StatesStateArizonaCountyYavapaiElevation3,668 ft (1,118 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)Area code928FIPS code04-80850GNIS feature ID35860

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]

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]

Walnut Grove and Prescott Forest Reserve, now Prescott National Forest[9] (USGS 1903, Congress quadrangle map)

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

  1. ^ a b "Feature Detail Report for: Walnut Grove". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Walnut Grove (in Yavapai County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  3. ^ Bates, Al (15 November 2014). How Arizona Territory came to have its “Capital on Wheels”, Sharlot Hall Library & Archives
  4. ^ "Local Mining Laws and Regulations" (PDF). pp. 263–264.
  5. ^ a b Barnes, Will C. Arizona Place Names, p. 475 (1988)
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Turner, Scott (2021-03-16). "WUSD expands in Yavapai County". Wickenburg Sun. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  9. ^ "History of the Prescott National Forest". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
  10. ^ "Walnut Grove Cemetery, Yavapai County, Arizona". Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project. 2006-03-31. Retrieved 2023-01-23.

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