Anita was a mining town situated in
Coconino County
Coconino County is a County (United States), county in the North Central Arizona, North-Central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. Its population was 145,101 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The county seat is Flagstaff, Arizon ...
, Arizona on the
Grand Canyon Railway
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The railroad, built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, was completed on September ...
.
It was named in 1897 after a railroad surveyor's daughter.
History
The town was founded around 1899 and was initially called Anita Junction.
The railroad was originally built to serve the Anita mines, just under three miles away on what became a spur of the line to Grand Canyon. The mines turned out to be worth little, which led to the continuation of the line to the canyon to serve tourists.
At its peak, Anita contained a school, post office, telephone, and the headquarters of the Anita-Moqui forest service district. It also had several railroad sidings.
The Anita section of the railroad was closed in 1942. By 1956, no structures remained at the site.
The school at Anita, along with the neighboring one at the lumber town of
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, were at one time the only racially integrated schools in Arizona.
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Populated places in Coconino County, Arizona
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