Cochran is a
ghost town
Ghost Town(s) or Ghosttown may refer to:
* Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned
Film and television
* Ghost Town (1936 film), ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser
* Ghost Town (1956 film), ''Ghost Town'' ...
in
Pinal County in the
U.S. state of
Arizona
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. The town was settled in 1905, in what was then the
Arizona Territory
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.
History
Named after its first postmaster, John S. Cochran, the small
mining camp also served as a stop on the
Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway
The Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway (SFP&P) was a common carrier railroad that later became an operating subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in Arizona. At Ash Fork, Arizona, the SFP&P connected with Santa Fe's oper ...
. The post office was established on January 3, 1905, and was discontinued on January 15, 1915. At its peak, the population was approximately 100, and housed a
general store and a boardinghouse, among other establishments.
Apart from a few building foundations in the town center, and the railroad tracks at the edge of the now-abandoned town site, Cochran's last (and most notable) remains are five largely intact
beehive coke ovens across the Gila River at Butte, Arizona.
The Coke Ovens are on a 189-acre section of private property; visitation is not allowed.
Geography
Cochran is located about east of
Florence, Arizona at .
References
External links
Cochran Beehive Ovens description and directions– Ghost Town of the Month at azghosttowns.com
Coke oven photos, Google Earth map
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Ghost towns in Arizona
Former populated places in Pinal County, Arizona
Mining communities in Arizona