Dateland is both a
CDP and a populated place in
Yuma County,
Arizona
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, United States. It is in an area well known for
date palm dates.
Dateland has the
ZIP Code of 85333; in 2000, the population of the 85333
ZCTA was 852.
The community is part of the
Yuma Metropolitan Statistical Area
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.
The Dateland Food Court is home to the self-proclaimed "World Famous Date Shakes."
Demographics
History
Dateland began as a road stop in the 1920s. During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, Dateland was home to
Dateland Air Force Auxiliary Field
Dateland Air Force Auxiliary Field is an abandoned military airfield located in Dateland, Arizona, east of Yuma, Arizona. Its last known military use was in 1957.
Military use
World War II
The airfield was established on 1 January 1943 as ...
. After the closure of the airfield, the land was subdivided in the 1970s. The developers of one subdivision on the former airfield, El Camino Del Sol, were convicted of fraud in 1977. Most of Dateland consists of undeveloped lots.
Climate
This area has a large amount of sunshine year round due to its stable descending air and high pressure. According to the
Köppen Climate Classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...
system, Dateland has a
desert climate
The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification ''BWh'' and ''BWk''), is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in desert ...
, abbreviated "Bwh" on climate maps.
Climate Summary for Dateland, Arizona
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Infrastructure
Utilities
Dateland is served by the following utilities:
* Arizona Public Service
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– electric
* Arizona Telephone Co. (a subsidiary of TDS Telecom
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) – telephone
* Dateland Public Service Co. (a tax-exempt utility) – water
See also
* List of historic properties in Dateland, Arizona
This is a list which includes a photographic gallery, of some of the remaining ruins and monuments of historic significance in Dateland, Arizona and the surrounding areas which include Hyder and Sentinel. Dateland is a CDP and a populated place ...
* San Cristobal Valley
The San Cristobal Valley is a valley in the lower regions of the western Gila River Valley in southwestern Arizona in the western Sonoran Desert. The San Cristobal Wash drains northwest, but exists only in the southern half of the valley.
The San ...
References
External links
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Dateland community website
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Populated places in the Sonoran Desert
Census-designated places in Yuma County, Arizona