Pinal is a

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(CDP) in

Gila County Gila County ( ) is a county 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 which is incl ...

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, United States. The population was 439 at the 2010 census. It shares the name of nearby

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but is not located there.

Geography

The CDP is located in southern Gila County southeast of the center of

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, the

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. The CDP is bordered by the Globe city limits to the north, east, and south.

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forms the northeast edge of the CDP; downtown Globe is to the northwest, and

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is to the southeast. According to the

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, the Pinal CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

References

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