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Apache Junction, Arizona Area DemographicsApache Junction, Arizona real estate is located in the fast-growing south-central part of the state, with a majority of its 34 square miles in Pinal County and a small portion in Maricopa County.
Pinal County is home to 229,549 residents (2005 U.S census estimate), making it the third largest county in Arizona, after Maricopa County (population: 3,635,528), which includes Phoenix (population: 1,388,416) and eight of the other 10 largest cities in the state, and Pima County (population: 924,786), which includes Tucson (population: 507,658), the second largest city in the state. Pinal County has nearly tripled in size since 1980, when its population was 87,904.
Pinal County contains about 25 cities, towns and unincorporated communities. Florence, Arizona (population: 17,054) is the Pinal County seat and locals say it is the fifth-oldest town in Arizona. Other large cities and communities in Pinal County include: Casa Grande (population: 29,700), Queen Creek (population: 19,400); Eloy (population: 10,375); and the exploding new city of Maricopa, which was incorporated in 2003 and has grown in population from 1,040 in 2000 to 15,934 in 2005. There are about 20 ghost towns of the Old West in Pinal County, most of them small, abandoned mining communities. Arizona has tripled in size in the past three decades and Pinal County is primed for development based on its desirable location.
Temperatures in Apache Junction are wide-ranging from an average high of 102 degrees in July to 65 degrees in January and an average low in the mid-70s in July to 40 in January. Along with temperatures higher than the national average, sunshine is much higher than the national average, although humidity is much lower than the national average and rainfall averages slightly more than 12 inches per year, well below the national average.
Apache Junction, Arizona History and CultureApache Junction, Arizona real estate is located in the Sonora Desert and is home to the Superstition Mountains and the gateway to a bevy of recreational areas. Apache Junction is an unincorporated community that was founded in 1978 and takes its name from the Apache tribe, which lived throughout the immediate area, and its location at the junction of U.S. Highway 60 and State Road 88, about 35 miles east of downtown Phoenix. The origin of the name “Apache” is uncertain. It may derive from the Yavapai word “epache,” meaning “people,” the Zuni word “apachu,” meaning “enemy” or a Quechan word meaning “running water horse.” Nineteen Indian reservations dot the entire Arizona landscape and account for about one-quarter of the state’s lands, including parts of the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation and Gila River Indian Community in Pinal County.
A variety of Indian tribes inhabited the area for thousands of years prior to the arrival of Europeans. The Hohokam people were the earliest settlers of the Valley of the Sun, which includes Phoenix to the north and stretches into Pinal County. Coronado explored the area in the early 1540s in search of the legendary “seven cities of gold.” Settlers arrived and often fought the Indians (particularly the Apache) until fortified presidios were built at Tubac in 1752 and Tucson in 1775. All of what is now Arizona became part of Mexico’s northwest frontier when Mexico asserted its independence from Spain in 1810. The U.S. took possession of most of Arizona at the end of the Mexican War in 1848, after paying the Mexican government. In 1853 the land below the Gila River was acquired from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase. Apache Junction traces its roots to the mining and transportation industries dating back to the late 19th century. Apache Junction then became a launching point for supplies and labor during the construction of the Roosevelt Dam (1903-11). Phoenix was incorporated with a population of about 2,500 in 1881, but did not pass Tucson in population until 1920.
Adjacent to Apache Junction is Gold Canyon, an unincorporated community of more than 10,000 residents that grew out of the Gold Canyon Ranch. It was developed in the 1980s with the Gold Canyon Resort as its centerpiece and is home to two of the state’s premier golf courses, Dinosaur Mountain and Sidewinder. Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club includes two Jack Nicholas-designed courses and has hosted recent professional tournaments.
Apache Junction’s native and Mexican heritage permeate modern culture, from its residents to its restaurants to its architecture. Spanish is widely spoken and attentive ears will pick up Native American dialects. Pueblo-style buildings with adobe walls and low, flat roofs dot the landscape.
The development of air conditioning and a more reliable water supply helped to more than triple the state and county populations in the past three decades. Dude ranches became popular in the 1950s, but ritzy resorts have claimed a significant share of the tourist trade. Agriculture and mining remain important industries, especially copper mining at Superior east of Apache Junction, but tourism has grown to rival them. High-technology is also a growing industry.
Apache Junction will only continue to grow thanks to its location near the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Apache Junction, Arizona Attractions, Activities and AmenitiesApache Junction, Arizona real estate offers a full range of housing options in a place where the surrounding desert, lakes and multicolored mountains provide plenty of opportunities for recreation. Apache Junction’s location outside Phoenix and its immediate suburbs offer beautiful scenery and an escape from the bustle of the big city.
Apache Junction boasts one of the finest systems of parks in the state, with public parks, swimming pools and sports facilities. Parks include: Prospector Park, Lost Dutchman State Park, Dinosaur Mountain Park in Gold Canyon and a municipal rodeo arena and event center. The city sponsors an aggressive program of arts and cultural events including classical music and theatrical performances.
Apache Junction bills itself as “the trail to adventure.” Hikers descend on the area to hike in the Superstition Mountains (said to be the site of the Lost Dutchman Mine). The historic Apache Trail is believed to have originated as the footpath used by the Anasazi Indians to travel from the Tonto Basin area to trade with the Hohokam Indians. Hikers will be challenged by hairpin turns, narrow roadways, steep cliffs and deep gorges, but the reward is some fantastic scenery.
South of Apache Junction, one terrific outdoor activity is driving the 42-mile Pinal Pioneer Parkway, a scenic drive from Florence to Oracle and regarded as one of the best drives in the state. There is a portion of the drive just south of Florence where a natural garden contains almost every species of flora found in Arizona’s deserts. Other outdoor activities include visiting the many old mining camps and ghost towns, fishing at Picacho Peak Reservoir, Tonto National Park Cliff Dwellings or many desert trails, skydiving at the world’s most popular drop, Skydive Arizona, exploring, helicopter and balloon rides, walking through Boyce Thompson Arboretum or golf at nearly 20 Pinal County courses. The Casa Grande Ruins National Park near Coolidge is the last known home of the Hohokam Indians, featuring the mysterious Great House, built in the mid-1400s.
Major League Baseball’s Cactus League is the spring training circuit for 12 of its teams, including nine in Maricopa County: Chicago Cubs (Mesa), Kansas City Royals and Texas Rangers (Surprise), Los Angeles Angels (Tempe), Milwaukee Brewers and Oakland A’s (Phoenix), San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners (Peoria) and San Francisco Giants (Scottsdale); and three in Tucson: (Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox and Colorado Rockies). The local favorite Diamondbacks won the World Series in 2001 in just their fourth year in existence.
Arizona State University has its main campus at Tempe, Arizona, south of Phoenix, and is the largest university in the U.S., with more than 51,000 undergraduates and more than 60,000 students overall. It is one of 15 institutions of higher learning in Maricopa County.
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