Cherry, Arizona

Cherry, Arizona
Cherry, Arizona
Ghost town
	Cherry cemetery, est. 1886
	Cherry, Arizona Location within the state of Arizona Cherry, Arizona Cherry, Arizona (the United States)
	Coordinates: 34°35′17″N 112°02′31″W / 34.58806°N 112.04194°W
Country	United States
State	Arizona
County	Yavapai
Elevation	5,143 ft (1,568 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))

Cherry is a mining ghost town in central Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, between Dewey and Camp Verde, located at an elevation of 5,143 feet (1,567.6 meters).^[1]

History

Cherry's post office was established March 3, 1884, and discontinued March 15, 1943. Notable mines in the area include the Federal, Bunker, Sunnybrook, Logan and Gold Bullion^[2] mines. About 400 people lived and worked in Cherry during its prime. At present, Cherry is a small retirement and vacation-home community. A number of the original buildings are still in use. The Cherry cemetery has several graves from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.^[3]

References

^ "Cherry ghost town info". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved June 10, 2007.
^ "Gold Bullion Mine (Copper Bullion Mine), Cherry, Cherry Creek District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA". Mindat.org. July 30, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
^ Varney, Philip (1980). "One: Near Prescott • Ghosts of the Higher Ground". Arizona's Best Ghost Towns. Flagstaff: Northland Press. pp. 7–8. ISBN 0873582179. LCCN 79-91724.

External links

Media related to Cherry, Arizona at Wikimedia Commons
Ghost towns travel guide from Wikivoyage
Cherry – Ghost Town of the Month at azghosttowns.com
Cherry ghost town, photos
Cherry photo gallery
Cherry USGS topographic map, at TopoQuest
The Story of Cherry, Arizona on Cherry Fire website

[1] "Cherry ghost town info". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved June 10, 2007.

[2] "Gold Bullion Mine (Copper Bullion Mine), Cherry, Cherry Creek District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA". Mindat.org. July 30, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2010.

[3] Varney, Philip (1980). "One: Near Prescott • Ghosts of the Higher Ground". Arizona's Best Ghost Towns. Flagstaff: Northland Press. pp. 7–8. ISBN 0873582179. LCCN 79-91724.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Yavapai County, Arizona, United States
County seat: Prescott
Cities	Cottonwood Peoria‡ Prescott Sedona‡
Towns	Camp Verde Chino Valley Clarkdale Dewey-Humboldt Jerome Prescott Valley Wickenburg‡
CDPs	Ash Fork Bagdad Black Canyon City Congress Cordes Lakes Cornville Lake Montezuma Mayer Paulden Peeples Valley Seligman Spring Valley Verde Village Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) Wilhoit Williamson Yarnell
Populated places	Arcosanti Aultman Breezy Pines Briggs Copperopolis Crookton Crown King Drake Dugas Forbing Park Goodwin Groom Creek Hecla Highland Park Hillside Hooper Humbug Iron Springs Juniper Heights Kirkland Kirkland Junction Lapham Minnehaha Mint Nelson Oak Creek Perkinsville Potato Patch Red Rock Skull Valley Walnut Grove Yava
Indian reservations	Hualapai Indian Reservation Yavapai Reservation Yavapai-Apache Nation Indian Reservation
Ghost towns	Alexandra Big Bug Bradshaw City Bumble Bee Catoctin Cherry Cleator Columbia Constellation Cordes Curtis Fort Misery Gillett Glen Oaks Jerome Junction Octave Stanton Tip Top Venezia Wagoner Walker Weaver
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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