Cerbat is a
ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
just west of the
Cerbat Mountains in
Mohave County
Mohave County occupies the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona, one of 15 counties in the state. As of the 2020 census, its population was 213,267. The county seat is Kingman, and the largest city is Lake Havasu City. It is th ...
,
Arizona
Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...
, United States. Mining in the area began in the late 1860s and a camp was established soon after. Cerbat was built in a
canyon
A canyon (; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tendency t ...
from
Hardyville. The town was prosperous and contained several mining and public buildings, along with
cabins for over 100 settlers, as well as a school, a doctor's office and a lawyer's office. In the 1870s the town was connected by dirt road to
Fort Rock
Fort Rock is a tuff ring located on an ice age lake bed in north Lake County, Oregon, Lake County, Oregon, United States.
The ring is about in diameter and stands about high above the surrounding plain. Its name is derived from the tall, stra ...
, Camp Hualapai and
Prescott. Cerbat was the third seat of Mohave County until 1877 when
Mineral Park took the title.
, a cemetery and a few wooden buildings and stone foundations, including a large mill and the post office, remain. The post office was completed on December 23, 1872, and was closed on June 15, 1912.
From June 25, 1890, to October 24, 1902, the town was known as Campbell.
References
External links
Cerbat– ghosttowns.com
– Ghost Town of the Month at azghosttowns.com
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Ghost towns in Arizona
Former populated places in Mohave County, Arizona
Former county seats in Arizona