Deer Creek is a
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 ...
in
Gila County
Gila County ( ) is in the central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,272. The county seat is Globe.
Gila County comprises the Payson, Arizona Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Gila County contains p ...
in the
U.S. state
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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 ...
. Deer Creek is located almost directly between the community of
Tonto Basin
The Tonto Basin, also known as Pleasant Valley, covers the main drainage basin of Tonto Creek and its tributaries in central Arizona, at the southwest of the Mogollon Rim, the higher elevation '' transition zone'' across central and eastern Ariz ...
and the town of
Payson near
Arizona State Route 87
State Route 87 (SR 87) is a north–south highway that travels from I-10 near Picacho northward to State Route 264 near Second Mesa.
Route description
SR 87 begins to the north of I-10 at a junction with an unsigned orphan segment of SR 84 ...
. The population as of the
2010 U.S. Census was 216.
Geography
Deer Creek is located at .
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau
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, the community has an area of , all land.
There is an actual creek by the name of Deer Creek, which when not dry, flows by this Village of Deer Creek. The remains of
David Gowan
David M. Gowan Sr. is an American politician who currently serves in the Arizona Senate from January 14, 2019, and previously as Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives for the 2015–2017 legislative session and a Representative for Leg ...
, a well-known pioneer, were buried just where they were found beside the North Fork of Deer Creek, close to Bars Canyon. .
[''Coconino Sun'', Fri., Jan. 15, 1926, p. 5] Today, the grave site is marked and preserved.
(There is a different Deer Creek in the Grand Canyon which flows into the Colorado River.)
Demographics
References
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Census-designated places in Gila County, Arizona
Census-designated places in Arizona