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Florence, Arizona Area DemographicsFlorence, Arizona real estate is located in the fast-growing south-central part of the state and near the geographic center of Pinal County, which covers 5,374 square miles of area, parts of which include the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation and Gila River Indian Community. Nineteen Indian reservations dot the entire Arizona landscape and account for about one-quarter of the state’s lands.
Florence has a population of (2000 U.S. census) and is the Pinal County seat. Florence is about 65 miles southeast of Phoenix and about 70 miles northwest of Tucson.
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.
Other large cities and communities in Pinal County include: Apache Junction (population: 34,027), part of which lies in Maricopa County; 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 and Florence are primed for development based on their location. Interstates 8 and 10 both pass through Casa Grande.
Temperatures 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 the high 30s 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 less than 10 inches per year at Florence, well below the national average.
Florence, Arizona History and CultureFlorence, Arizona real estate has been the Pinal County seat since it was founded in 1866. Locals say that Florence is the fifth-oldest city in Arizona. The community’s first general store opened in 1868 and the post office was established in 1869. Florence was incorporated in 1908.
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 stretches from north of Phoenix 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.
Levi Ruggles came to the area in 1866 and worked at the first U.S. land office south of the Gila River. Ruggles transferred his land to form the main section of the town of Florence in 1875, but no one is sure how Florence got its name. One story is that it was named after one of Ruggles’ daughters, two of whom were named Florence and Flora. Another is that the city is named after the sister of the territorial governor, Richard McCorrick. Another is that it was named after Gov. Anson Safford’s sister. Another is that soldiers from Florence, Italy serving in the U.S. Army were reminded of their home by the hills and mountains surrounding the area.
In its early days, Florence was a stagecoach hub and a center for moving supplies to the mines located nearby. However, as the town began to grow, agriculture became its main business, especially after the completion of the Ashurst-Hayden Diversion Dam in 1921 and the Coolidge Dam in 1928.
One year after Florence was incorporated, the city was picked as the site for the building of the Arizona State Prison. Even today, Florence is probably best known for its prisons, with a total of five in and near the city.
Charles Poston, “The Father of Arizona,” was a key figure in Arizona history, from its recognition as a U.S. territory in 1863 to his role as its first delegate to Congress. He is buried at Poston’s Butte, outside Florence.
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, but tourism has grown to rival it. High-technology is also a growing industry.
Florence’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.
Florence will only continue to grow thanks to its location midway between the state’s two largest cities, Phoenix and Tucson.
Florence, Arizona Attractions, Activities and AmenitiesFlorence, Arizona real estate offers a full range of housing options in a place where the heritage of the Old West converges with a “Southwestern chic” lifestyle. Florence sits in the Sonora Desert surrounded by multicolored mountains, offering beautiful scenery and an escape from the bustle of nearby Phoenix and Tucson.
Florence is actively involved in restoring and preserving establishments to help reclaim its glory years. Florence has a large downtown historic district and its Main Street has continued to retain its original architecture and beauty. Florence, despite its relatively small size, is among the state leaders in buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Residents enjoy walking the sidewalk and passing by false storefronts, which give Florence an authentic Old West feel. One unique spot in Florence is the McFarland Courthouse, built in 1891 and part of McFarland State Park. Once called the “Cowboy Cradle of the Southwest,” Florence has been the scene of gunfights, mining incidents and political shenanigans, but is proud that it helped institute the National Milk and Free Lunch Program during the Great Depression, when farmers donated their milk to schoolchildren rather than dump it or sell it at a loss.
Events in Florence include a historic homes tour in February, a Founder’s Day celebration in March, Cinco de Mayo every May, the “world’s oldest” junior rodeo in November and a Christmas lighting ceremony at the McFarland Courthouse.
Biosphere 2 Center, north of Oracle, is a three-acre glass-and-steel research structure that recreates five distinct habitats: rain forest, ocean, savanna, desert and marsh and explores how people of the future might live in controlled environments.
A terrific outdoor activity is driving the 42-mile Pinal Pioneer Parkway, a scenic drive from Florence to Oracle noted to be one of the best 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, hiking the Superstition Mountains (said to be the site of the Lost Dutchman Mine), 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. The University of Arizona has its main campus at Tucson, with an enrollment of about 28,500 undergraduates and 8,500 graduate students. The Arizona State Museum, on the University of Arizona campus, includes anthropological exhibits, including the largest collection of Hohokam artifacts anywhere, as well as examples of Apache, Hopi, Navajo, Tohono Indian and Mexican cultures, a 20,000-piece collection of Native American pottery and a full-size replica of a 700-year-old cliff dwelling.
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