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Palo Verde is a small populated place in
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/ref> One of the first structures built, which still stands today, was the Palo Verde Baptist Church, organized in 1890.Early History of Buckeye
/ref> Despite sharing a name, the
Maricopa County
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, Arizona
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, and southwest of downtown Buckeye on Historic U.S. Route 80.
Brief history
The Palo Verde area was settled in 1886, by John G. Roberts and family. Mr. Roberts helped in the construction of the Arizona and Buckeye canals, served a term as cattle inspector, and was deputy sheriff at Buckeye under three Maricopa County sheriffs./ref> One of the first structures built, which still stands today, was the Palo Verde Baptist Church, organized in 1890.Early History of Buckeye
/ref> Despite sharing a name, the
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
The Palo Verde Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located near Tonopah, Arizona, in western Arizona. It is located about due west of downtown Phoenix, Arizona, and it is located near the Gila River, which is dry save for the rainy seaso ...
is located in nearby Wintersburg.
Palo Verde exists as a county island
A county island is a small or large portion of an unincorporated area that is within the jurisdiction of a county, usually surrounded by adjacent areas that are incorporated into a municipality. On maps, these geopolitical anomalies will form ja ...
within the planning boundary of Buckeye. This precludes any possibility of incorporation for the community, but annexation into Buckeye is a possibility.
In 1995, a train derailment occurred near the town of Palo Verde.
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