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Mesa, Arizona
Mesa ( ) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The population was 504,258 at the 2020 census. It is the List of municipalities in Arizona, third-most populous city in Arizona, after Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, Tucson, the List of United States cities by population, 37th-most populous city in the U.S., and the most populous city that is not a county seat (except for independent cities Washington, D.C. and Baltimore which are not part of any county). It is the most populous city in the East Valley (Phoenix metropolitan area), East Valley of the Phoenix metropolitan area. It borders Tempe, Arizona, Tempe on the west, the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community on the north, Chandler, Arizona, Chandler and Gilbert, Arizona, Gilbert on the south along with Queen Creek, Arizona, Queen Creek, and Apache Junction on the east. At least ten colleges and universities are located in Mesa, as is the Mesa Arizona Temple, one of the first LDS temples constr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities In Arizona
Arizona is a U.S. state, state located in the Western United States. According to the 2020 United States census, Arizona is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 14th most populous state with 7,151,502 inhabitants (as of the 2020 census) and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 6th largest by land area spanning . Arizona is divided into 15 counties and contains 90 incorporated place, incorporated City#United States, cities and Town#Arizona, towns. Incorporated places in Arizona are those that have been granted home rule, possessing a local government in the form of a City council, city or town council. Most of the population is concentrated within the Phoenix metropolitan area, with a 2020 United States census, 2020 census population of 4,845,832 ( of the state population). Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix is the capital and largest city by population in Arizona with 1,608,139 residents, is ranked as the fifth List of United States cities by population, most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features, encompassing the United States and its territories; the Compact of Free Association, associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica. It is a type of gazetteer. It was developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names. Data were collected in two phases. Although a third phase was considered, which would have handled name changes where local usages differed from maps, it was never begun. The database is part of a system that includes topographic map names and bibliographic references. The names of books and historic maps that confirm the feature or place name are cited. Variant names, alternatives to official federal names for a feature, are also recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apache Junction
Apache Junction (Western Apache: Hagosgeed) is a city in Pinal and Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,499, most of whom lived in Pinal County. It is named for the junction of the Apache Trail and Old West Highway. The area where Apache Junction is located used to be known as Youngberg. Superstition Mountain, the westernmost peak of the Superstition Mountains, is to the east. History The location became a historical landmark. It is part of a scenic byway that was opened to the public in 1922 and is currently part of a "circle trail" that begins and ends in Apache Junction. The O'odham Jeweḍ, Akimel O'odham (Upper Pima), and Hohokam people all have tribal ties to the area. Geography Apache Junction is in northern Pinal County at . A small portion of the city limits comprising the El Dorado Mobile Estates Resort and Senior Cottages of Apache Junction extends west into Maricopa County. The city is bordered to the west part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Creek, Arizona
Queen Creek is a town in Maricopa and Pinal counties, Arizona, United States. The population was 59,519 at the 2020 census, and is at a population of 83,700 as of 2024. It is a suburb of Phoenix, located in the far southeast area of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. A large battery factory is currently being constructed by LG. History Based on the post office form on file at the National Archives, Queen Creek was originally known as Rittenhouse, after C. H. Rittenhouse—the community having grown out of a railroad stop he constructed after forming the Queen Creek Farms Company in 1919 and needing a shipping point for his produce. The eponymous " creek" (typically more of a dry arroyo), originally called Picket Post Creek, once flowed through Queen Canyon and was named for the Silver Queen Mine. Geography The town of Queen Creek is primarily within Maricopa County, but the town limits extend into Pinal County on the eastern and southern borders. The town is bordered to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert, Arizona
Gilbert is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. Located southeast of Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, Gilbert is home to 288,128 residents. It is the fifth-most populous municipality in Arizona and is considered a suburb of Phoenix. Incorporated on July 6, 1920, Gilbert was once known as the "Hay Shipping Capital of the World". History Gilbert was established by William "Bobby" Gilbert, who provided land to the Arizona Eastern Railway in 1902 to construct a rail line between Phoenix and Florence, Arizona. Ayer's Grocery Store, Gilbert's first store, opened in 1910 and became the location of the first post office in 1912. The post office moved several times before settling on the east side of Gilbert Road in downtown, where it stands today. In 1912, many Mormons who had fled the Mormon colonies in Mexico due to the actions of Pancho Villa's forces settled in Gilbert. By 1915, they began holding church meetings at the Gilbert Elementary School. In 1918, they were organiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandler, Arizona
Chandler is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and a suburb in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the List of municipalities in Arizona, fourth-most populous city in Arizona, after Mesa, Arizona, Mesa, Tucson, Arizona, Tucson, and Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix. Chandler is considered to be a part of the East Valley (Phoenix metropolitan area), East Valley. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of Chandler was 275,987, up from 236,123 at the 2010 census. Chandler is a commercial and tech hub for corporations like Intel, Northrop Grumman, Wells Fargo, PayPal and Boeing. History In 1891, Alexander J. Chandler, Dr. Alexander John Chandler, a Canadian and the first veterinary surgeon in the Arizona Territory, settled on a ranch south of Mesa, Arizona, Mesa and studied irrigation engineering. By 1900, he had acquired of land and began drawing up plans for a town-site on what was then know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community
The Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) comprises two distinct Native American tribes—the Pima ( O'odham language: Onk Akimel O'odham, ''meaning "Salt River People"'') and the Maricopa (Maricopa language: Xalychidom Piipaash, meaning "people who live toward the water")—many of whom were originally part of the Halchidhoma (Xalchidom) tribe. The community was permanently created by an Executive Order of US President Rutherford B. Hayes on June 14th, 1879. The community area includes , of which 19,000 remain a natural preserve. As of 2022, the total population is 7,386. The community is a federally recognized tribe located in Arizona. The community borders the Arizona cities of Scottsdale, Mesa, Tempe, and Fountain Hills. The Great Seal of the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community is a representation of I'itoi, commonly referred to as the Man in the Maze. Historical Background The O'odham (Pima) and Pipaash (Maricopa) peoples lived in vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe ( ; ''Oidbaḍ'' in O'odham language, O'odham) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2020 population of 180,587. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley (Phoenix metropolitan area), East Valley section of Phoenix metropolitan area, metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix and Guadalupe, Arizona, Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale, Arizona, Scottsdale and the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community on the north, Chandler, Arizona, Chandler on the south, and Mesa, Arizona, Mesa on the east. Tempe is the location of the main campus of Arizona State University. History The Hohokam lived in this area and built canals to support their agriculture. They abandoned their settlements during the 15th century, with a few individuals and families remaining nearby. Fort McDowell, Arizona, Fort McDowell was established approximately northeast of present dow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News (originally Bloomberg Business News) is an international news agency headquartered in New York City and a division of Bloomberg L.P. Content produced by Bloomberg News is disseminated through Bloomberg Terminals, Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, '' Bloomberg Businessweek'', '' Bloomberg Markets'', Bloomberg.com, and Bloomberg's mobile platforms. Since 2015, John Micklethwait has been editor-in-chief. History Bloomberg News was founded by Michael Bloomberg and Matthew Winkler in 1990 to deliver financial news reporting to Bloomberg Terminal subscribers. The agency was established in 1990 with a team of six people. Winkler was first editor-in-chief. In 2010, Bloomberg News included more than 2,300 editors and reporters in 72 countries and 146 news bureaus worldwide. Beginnings (1990–1995) Bloomberg Business News was created to expand the services offered through the terminals. According to Matthew Winkler, then a writer for ''The Wall Street Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix Metropolitan Area
The Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, the Salt River Valley, metro Phoenix, or The Valley, is the largest metropolitan statistical area in the Southwestern United States, with its largest principal city being the city of Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix. It includes much of central Arizona. The United States Office of Management and Budget designates the area as the Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler Metropolitan Statistical Area, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), defining it as Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa and Pinal County, Arizona, Pinal counties. It anchors the Arizona Sun Corridor Megalopolis, megaregion along with the second-most populous metropolitan area in the state, the Tucson metropolitan area. The gross domestic product of the Phoenix metropolitan area was around $400 billion in 2023, List of U.S. metropolitan areas by GDP, 14th highest amongst metro areas in the United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the two-county met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Valley (Phoenix Metropolitan Area)
The Phoenix Metropolitan Area (Metro Phoenix) consists of a valley that has multiple city regions in it. The East Valley is a multi-city region within the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of Arizona. East Valley is a loosely defined region, with various definitions of what constitutes it. PHX East Valley, a project with an area coalition known as the East Valley Partnership, defines the East Valley as an area that encompasses Apache Junction, Arizona, Apache Junction, Chandler, Arizona, Chandler, Gilbert, Arizona, Gilbert, Mesa, Arizona, Mesa, Queen Creek, Arizona, Queen Creek, and Tempe, Arizona, Tempe. The East Valley Tribune, a newspaper that serves the region, considers Chandler, Arizona, Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Queen Creek, and Tempe as its service area. The newspaper formerly served Scottsdale, Arizona, Scottsdale as well, but was pulled out of the city in 2009. Ahwatukee, Phoenix, Ahwatukee Foothills, which is an urban village of the City of Phoenix, is normally considered to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltimore
Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census and estimated at 568,271 in 2024, it is the 30th-most populous U.S. city. The Baltimore metropolitan area is the 20th-largest metropolitan area in the country at 2.84 million residents. The city is also part of the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area, which had a population of 9.97 million in 2020. Baltimore was designated as an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851. Though not located under the jurisdiction of any county in the state, it forms part of the central Maryland region together with the surrounding county that shares its name. The land that is present-day Baltimore was used as hunting ground by Paleo-Indians. In the early 1600s, the Susquehannock began to hunt there. People from the Province of Maryland established the Port of Baltimore in 1706 to support the tobacco trade with Europe and established the Town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
