Cherry, Arizona

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

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Cherry is a mining ghost town in central Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, between Dewey and Camp Verde, located at an elevation of 5143 feet.^[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.

References

↑ Cherry ghost town info
↑ "Gold Bullion Mine (Copper Bullion Mine), Cherry, Cherry Creek District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA". Mindat.org. 2010-07-30. Retrieved 2010-08-04.

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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

Unincorporated communities	Abra Apron Crossing Arcosanti Arnold Place, Arizona Audley Aultman Baldwin Place Baldwins Crossing Bear Big Reef Mill Bignotti Breezy Pines Briggs Burro John Casa Rosa Castle Canyon Mesa Cedar Mill Cherry Chilean Mill Cleator Columbia Constellation Copperopolis Crookton Crown King Dandrea Date Deering Park Estates Diamond Valley Drake Dugas East Fort Eddy Place Entro Ferguson Place Windmill Flores Flower Pot Forbing Park Fort Misery Gillette Glen Oaks Goodwin Grand View Granite Basin Summer Homes Granite Dells Granite Siding Groom Creek Hawkins Hecla Highland Park Hillside, Arizona Hooper Humbug Iron Springs Juniper Heights Kirkland Kirkland Junction Lancaster Lapham Octave Perkinsville Potato Patch Red Rock Skull Valley

Indian reservation	Hualapai Indian Reservation Yavapai Reservation Yavapai-Apache Nation Indian Reservation

Ghost towns	Alexandra American Ranch Apron Crossing Big Bug Bradshaw City Bumble Bee Catoctin Cordes Curtis Jerome Junction Juniper Octave Piedmont Simmons Stanton Tip Top Weaver

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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