La Paz, Arizona

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La Paz, Arizona was a 19th-century Colorado River mining town and former county seat whose name was later adopted by La Paz County.

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La Paz, Arizona canonical 2

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instanceOf former settlement
ghost town
country United States of America
countySeatFrom 1864
countySeatUntil 1870
declineCause exhaustion of nearby placer gold deposits
shift of Colorado River channel
elevationFeet 358
elevationMeters 109
era 19th century
foundedAs mining town
foundingYear 1862
gaveNameTo La Paz County, Arizona
geographicFeatureClass historical populated place
locatedIn Arizona
Yuma County, Arizona
locatedInTimeZone UTC−07:00
locatedOn Colorado River
namedAfter La Paz gold placers
La Paz, Arizona self-linksurface differs
nearbyModernLocality Ehrenberg, Arizona
notableFor La Paz gold rush of 1862
peakPopulationApproximate 1500
primaryEconomicActivity gold mining
region Lower Colorado River region
surface form: Lower Colorado River Valley
replacedAsCountySeatBy Arizona City, Arizona
servedAs county seat of Yuma County, Arizona
status abandoned
territorialContext Arizona Territory
transportRoute Colorado River steamboat traffic

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La Paz County, Arizona namedAfter La Paz, Arizona
La Paz, Arizona namedAfter La Paz, Arizona self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: La Paz County, Arizona