Brenda is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) in
La Paz County
La Paz County is the 15th county in the U.S. state of Arizona, located in the western part of the state. As of the 2020 census, its population was 16,557, making it the second-least populous county in Arizona. The county seat is Parker. Th ...
,
Arizona
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, United States. It is located approximately east of
Quartzsite
Quartzsite is a town in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2020 census, the population was 2,413.
Interstate 10 runs directly through Quartzsite which is at the intersection of U.S. Route 95 and Arizona State Route 95 wi ...
and northeast of
Interstate 10
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on
U.S. Route 60. Its population was 466 as of the
2020 census. The community lies east of the
Plomosa Mountains
The Plomosa Mountains are a mountain range in La Paz County, Arizona, running generally south of Bouse, Arizona near the Arizona/California border. Quartzsite lies to the west across the La Posa Plain. The Harcuvar Mountains and Little Harquah ...
, and it is the closest community to the
New Water Mountains
The New Water Mountains is a mountain range in southwestern Arizona. The range is on the northern border of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge as well as the northern Kofa Mountains.
It is a northwest–southeast trending range, about long. T ...
Wilderness, five air miles to the south. Brenda is four miles northeast of the western terminus of US 60 (the last community on the highway westbound).
Demographics
Brenda first appeared on the 2010 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP).
[ftp://ftp2.census.gov/library/publications/2012/dec/cph-1-4.pdf]
References
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Census-designated places in La Paz County, Arizona