Lupton () is an

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and

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(CDP) in Apache County,

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, United States. Lupton is located along

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at the

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border, southwest of

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. Lupton has a

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with ZIP code 86508. As of the 2010 census, the Lupton CDP had a population of 25.

History

Lupton was established in 1905 by trainmaster G. W. Lupton. Col. John Washington passed by here in his 1864 Navajo Campaign.

Demographics

Education

It is in the

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References

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