Dome ( ood, Hi:lo) is a

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located in Yuma County, in southwestern

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, United States. It is located in the Dome Valley south of the

Gila River The Gila River (; O'odham ima Keli Akimel or simply Akimel, Quechan: Haa Siʼil, Maricopa language: Xiil) is a tributary of the Colorado River flowing through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States. The river drains an arid watershed of n ...

. Originally Swiveler's Station, east of

Fort Yuma Fort Yuma was a fort in California located in Imperial County, across the Colorado River from Yuma, Arizona. It was on the Butterfield Overland Mail route from 1858 until 1861 and was abandoned May 16, 1883, and transferred to the Department of ...

on the

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route, a post office was established here in 1858. It was first under the name of

Gila City Gila City is a ghost town in Yuma County in the U.S. state of Arizona. The town was settled in 1858 in what was then the New Mexico Territory. History Gila City was founded on the south bank of the Gila River, 19 miles east of the confluence of ...

, the nearby boomtown west of Swiveler's, but the post office closed July 14, 1863, after most of the town was swept away in the

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, and then abandoned for the La Paz gold rush along the

Colorado River The Colorado River ( es, Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The river drains an expansive, arid drainage basin, watershed that encompasses parts of ...

. After the railroad passed by the site and an attempt at large scale mining of the placers began, a new post office was established as Dome in 1892 but soon closed when the attempt failed. Subsequently it opened and closed several times before finally closing in 1940. Today the site lies along the

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's Sunset Route and a road that follows the old Overland stage route, south of the Wellton-Mohawk canal and

. All that remains on the site is a large adobe building, one small adobe remnant and foundations.Dome from ghosttowns.com
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References

External links

Google Map of Dome, Arizona

Lower Gila River Watershed

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Dome, Arizona Dome ( ood, Hi:lo) is a ghost town located in Yuma County, in southwestern Arizona, United States. It is located in the Dome Valley south of the Gila River. Originally Swiveler's Station, east of Fort Yuma on the Butterfield Overland Mail rout ...

Former populated places in Yuma County, Arizona Stagecoach stops in the United States