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Sanders Unified School District
Sanders Unified School District is a school district in the community of Sanders in Apache County in the US state of Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou .... The district operates three schools, Sanders Elementary School (K-5), Sanders Middle School (grades 6–8) and Valley High School. In addition to Sanders, Houck, Lupton, and Wide Ruins are in the district. References External links * {{Arizona-school-stub School districts in Apache County, Arizona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanders, Arizona
Sanders ( nv, ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Sanders is located at the junction of U.S. Route 191 and Interstate 40. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 630. Sanders has the ZIP code 86512. History Sanders' English name either comes from C.W. Sanders, a railroad office engineer, or Art Saunders, who had a trading post nearby. The railroad station was named ''Cheto'' to avoid confusion with another station named Sanders already on the line. Sanders is located near Interstate 40 and the BNSF Railway. Old Route 66 runs near the town and some sections of the highway still exist. Sanders is surrounded by the Nahata Dziil and (north of the town) Houck chapters of the Navajo Nation. The latter is made up of local Navajos from the area and relocated Navajo refugees from the Navajo/Hopi land dispute. That dispute relocated hundreds of Navajos to the Sanders area from the western Navajo Nation, mainly around the Hopi partition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apache County, Arizona
Apache County is in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. Shaped in a long rectangle running north to south, as of the 2020 census, its population was 66,021. The county seat is St. Johns. Most of the county is occupied by part of the federally recognized Navajo Nation and the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, respectively. History The United States acquired this territory following its victory in the Mexican-American War in 1848. It was originally part of the New Mexico Territory established at the time. In 1863, during the American Civil War, Congress established the Arizona Territory to improve regional administration. It operated until 1912 when it was admitted as a state. In 1879 the Tenth Territorial Legislature organized Apache County from the eastern section of Yavapai County; officially all land east of 109°45′ W was included in the new county. As population increased in the area, by 1895, the legislature divided this county to create Navajo County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Four Corners region with Utah to the north, Colorado to the northeast, and New Mexico to the east; its other neighboring states are Nevada to the northwest, California to the west and the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest. Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912. Historically part of the territory of in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821. After being defeated in the Mexican–American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase. Southern Arizona is known for its desert cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valley High School (Apache County, Arizona)
Valley High School is a high school in Sanders, Arizona. It is the only high school under the jurisdiction of the Sanders Unified School District Sanders Unified School District is a school district in the community of Sanders in Apache County in the US state of Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the ..., which also includes an elementary school and a middle school. Sanders Valley High School is home to the Fighting Pirates. The school's colors are blue and gold. The high school is on Navajo reservation land while the elementary and middle Schools reside on Federal land. Valley Sanders High School is a 2A school. References Public high schools in Arizona Schools in Apache County, Arizona {{Arizona-school-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houck, Arizona
Houck ( nv, ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,024 at the 2010 census. History Houck was founded by a mail carrier by that name working a route from Prescott to Fort Wingate. In 1877, he established a trading post called Houck's Tank here. Houck left in 1885. Houck was home to Fort Courage (a replica of the set of the 1960s television series F Troop, which was a tourist attraction along Route 66) and a Greyhound bus stop. It once had a gas station, a Taco Bell, and a pancake house. It is home to the Native American Baha'i Institute. Geography Houck is located at (35.283615, -109.237695). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.05%, is water. Climate According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Houck has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,087 people, 312 households, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lupton, Arizona
Lupton ( nv, ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Lupton is located along Interstate 40 at the New Mexico border, southwest of Gallup, New Mexico. Lupton has a post office with ZIP code 86508. As of the 2010 census, the Lupton CDP had a population of 25. Demographics History Lupton was established in 1905 by trainmaster G. W. Lupton. Col. John Washington passed by here in his 1864 Navajo Campaign. Education It is in the Sanders Unified School District Sanders Unified School District is a school district in the community of Sanders in Apache County in the US state of Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the .... References {{authority control Census-designated places in Apache County, Arizona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wide Ruins, Arizona
Wide Ruins is a chapter of the Navajo Nation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 176 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. History Jilhaal and Kin Naazinii (Upstanding House) Jilłháál, or Jilhaal, whose name is not easily translated but refers to a war club, was an early 18th-century singer, warrior, and runner. As suggested in oral history and archaeology, he arrived at the Ganado–Wide Ruins area and traveled extensively. He lived among the Rio Grande Pueblo peoples and migrated with many of them to the refuge of Dinetah at the start of the Spanish invasion and occupation of present-day Arizona and New Mexico. Jilhaal is believed to have brought many cultural, architectural, and agricultural influences to the greater Ganado-Wide Ruins region. Research suggests that Jilhaal contributed to the construction of fortifications to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
