Littlefield is an

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and

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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 ...

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, United States, that is located in the

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region. As of the 2020 census, its population was 256, a decline from the figure of 308 tabulated in 2010. It lies just south of

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, next to the

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, approximately northeast of

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. Littlefield is located in the 86432 ZIP Code.

History

Littlefield was first settled by

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, also known as Mormons, in 1865. Littlefield is the former home of the

Littlefield Unified School District Littlefield Unified School District is a PK-12 grade school district headquartered in Beaver Dam, Arizona. Littlefield Unified's District covers a large geographical area in Mohave County, located in the extreme northwest corner of the state. ...

, the geographically largest school district in Arizona. The only remnant of the school district in Littlefield itself is the historic

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Littlefield Schoolhouse, currently under renovation.

Geography

Littlefield is in the northwestern corner of Mohave County (and the state of Arizona), along

, with access from Exit 8. It is bordered to the north, across I-15, by the community of

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. I-15 leads southwest to

, and to

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, while to the northeast the highway enters the

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and leads to

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. Littlefield, Beaver Dam, and

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have the distinction of being the only towns in Arizona along I-15. Owing to its location in the Arizona Strip, northwest of

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and west of the

, it is isolated by hundreds of miles from the rest of the state. Travel to other towns within Arizona requires crossing through either Nevada or

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, or driving on unpaved roads to the rest of Arizona's road network.

Demographics

The city is made up of 72.7 percent Hispanic, 27.3 percent White, 0 percent Black or Asian.

Education

The CDP is in the

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{{authority control Census-designated places in Mohave County, Arizona Census-designated places in Arizona Populated places established in 1865 History of the Mojave Desert region 1865 establishments in Arizona Territory

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