Geronimo is a

populated place In geography, statistics and archaeology, a settlement, locality or populated place is a community of people living in a particular place. The complexity of a settlement can range from a minuscule number of dwellings grouped together to t ...

located on Highway 70 between

Bylas Bylas () is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Graham County, Arizona, United States, located within the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,962. The community has a medical ...

and Fort Thomas, west of Safford in Graham County,

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, United States. Geronimo lies at an elevation of .

History

Geronimo was named after the famous

Apache The Apache ( ) are several Southern Athabaskan language-speaking peoples of the Southwestern United States, Southwest, the Southern Plains and Northern Mexico. They are linguistically related to the Navajo. They migrated from the Athabascan ho ...

chief Goyaalé, better known as

Geronimo Gerónimo (, ; June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a military leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Central Apache bands the Tchihen ...

. Camp Thomas, the U. S. Cavalry began its management of the Apache Indian Reservation along the

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, was originally located here in 1876. The camp was later moved east to what is now Fort Thomas. Geronimo was once a stop on the

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and had an operating US Post Office from April 30, 1896, until May 31, 1956.Geronimo – Arizona Historical Markers on Waymarking.com
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References

External links

– ghosttowns.com {{Graham County, Arizona Ghost towns in Arizona Former populated places in Graham County, Arizona History of Graham County, Arizona Forts in Arizona 1876 establishments in Arizona Territory