Cedar was a gold, silver and copper mining town in
Mohave County
Mohave County is in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, its population was 213,267. The county seat is Kingman, and the largest city is Lake Havasu City. It is the fifth largest county in the United St ...
,
Arizona
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, United States. It was founded ''circa'' 1875 on the eastern slope of the
Hualapai Mountains
The Hualapai Mountains are a mountain range located in Mohave County, east of Kingman, Arizona. Rising up to 8,417 feet at its highest peak, the higher elevations of the Hualapai Mountains support Madrean Sky Island habitats, and are host to ...
, sixty miles southeast of
Kingman. A post office was established on September 24, 1895, and closed on July 31, 1911. In addition to the post office there were two
saloons, and a
general store with several homes. In 1907 the
Cedar Valley Gold & Silver Company along with the
Yucca Cyanide Mining & Milling Company reported that approximately 200 people lived in the town, within a decade later the site was abandoned. A half mile area inside
Cedar Valley is littered with stone ruins and foundations of the mining buildings.
References
External links
Cedar on The Ghost Town of the Month
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Ghost towns in Arizona
Former populated places in Mohave County, Arizona
Mining communities in Arizona