Mohave County occupies the northwestern corner of the

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, one of 15 counties in the state. As of the 2020 census, its population was 213,267. The

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is Kingman, and the largest city is

Lake Havasu City Lake Havasu City (, ) is a city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 57,144, up from 52,527 in 2010. It is served by Lake Havasu City Airport. History The community first started dur ...

. It is the fifth largest county in the United States (by area). Mohave County makes up the Lake Havasu City–Kingman, Arizona Metropolitan Statistical Area. Mohave County contains parts of

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and

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and all of the

Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument (sometimes referred to as Parashant National Monument) is located on the northern edge of the Grand Canyon in northwest Arizona, on the Arizona Strip. The monument was established by Presidential Proc ...

. The Kaibab,

Fort Mojave Fort Mohave was originally named Camp Colorado when it was established on April 19, 1859 by Lieutenant Colonel William Hoffman during the Mohave War. It was located on the east bank of the Colorado River, at Beale's Crossing, near the head of ...

and

Hualapai The Hualapai ( , ) are a federally recognized Native American tribe in Arizona with about 2300 enrolled citizens. Approximately 1353 enrolled citizens reside on the Hualapai Reservation, which spans over three counties in Northern Arizona ( Coc ...

Indian Reservations also lie within the county.

History

Mohave County was the one of four original Arizona Counties created by the

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. The county territory was originally defined as being west of longitude 113° 20' and north of the

Bill Williams River The Bill Williams River is a river in west-central Arizona where it, along with one of its tributaries, the Santa Maria River, form the boundary between Mohave County to the north and La Paz County to the south.''Arizona Atlas & Gazetteer,'' ...

Pah-Ute County Pah-Ute County is a former county in the northwest corner of Arizona Territory that existed from 1865 until 1871, at which point most of the area was transferred to Nevada. The remainder was merged into Mohave County. The majority of the territor ...

was created from it in 1865 and was merged back into Mohave County in 1871 when much of its territory was ceded to

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in 1866. The county's present boundaries were established in 1881. The county is also notable for being home to a large polygamous

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sect located in Colorado City. Mohave County has had five county seats: Mohave City (1864–1867), Hardyville (1867–1873), Cerbat (1873–1877), Mineral Park (1877–1887), and Kingman (1887–present).

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.1%) is water. It is the second-largest county by area in Arizona and the fifth-largest in the

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. The county consists of two sections divided by the

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, with no direct land connection between them. The northern section, smaller and less populated, forms the western part of the

Arizona Strip The Arizona Strip is the part of Arizona lying north of the Colorado River. Despite being larger in area than several U.S. states, the entire region has a population of fewer than 10,000 people. Consisting of northeastern Mohave County and ...

, bordering

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and Nevada. The larger southern section borders Nevada and California across the

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, which forms most of the county's western boundary. The southern section includes Kingman, the county seat, and other cities, as well as part of the

Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert (; ; ) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States. Named for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous Mohave people, it is located pr ...

Adjacent counties

Washington County, Utah Washington County is a county in the southwestern corner of Utah, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 180,279, making it the fifth-most populous county in Utah. Its county seat and largest city is St. Geor ...

– north *

Kane County, Utah Kane County is a county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 7,667. Its county seat and largest city is Kanab. History The county was created on January 16, 1864, by the old federal Utah Terri ...

– northeast *

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 ...

– east *

Yavapai County Yavapai County ( ) is a county near the center of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, its population was 236,209, making it the fourth-most populous county in Arizona. The county seat is Prescott. Yavapai County comprises the Pr ...

– east *

La Paz County La Paz County () is the 15th county in the U.S. state of Arizona, located in the western part of the state. As of the 2020 census, its population was 16,557, making it the second-least populous county in Arizona. The county seat is Park ...

– south *

San Bernardino County, California San Bernardino County ( ), officially the County of San Bernardino and sometimes abbreviated as S.B. County, is a County (United States), county located in the Southern California, southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is locat ...

– southwest *

Clark County, Nevada Clark County is the most populous County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Nevada with 2,265,461 residents as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The county is the location of the state's three largest cities, Las Vegas (t ...

– west *

Lincoln County, Nevada Lincoln County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 4,499, making it the fourth-least populous county in Nevada. Its county seat is Pioche, Nevada ...

– northwest Mohave County and its adjacent counties form the largest such block of counties outside of Alaska. Their combined land area is , or larger than that of the state of

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. They include the #1 (San Bernardino), #2 (Coconino), #5 (Mohave), and #7 (Lincoln) largest counties outside of Alaska. If

Nye County, Nevada Nye County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 51,591. Its county seat is Tonopah, Nevada, Tonopah. At , Nye is Nevada's largest county by area ...

- which is #3 for total county area that does not border Mohave but borders neighboring Lincoln and Clark counties is included, then the combined land area would be 107,726.34 squard miles or larger than the state of

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National protected areas

Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge The Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge protects the lower course of the Bill Williams River, to its mouth at Lake Havasu reservoir, in western Arizona. It is located within eastern La Paz and Mohave Counties, in the Lower Colorado R ...

(part) *

Havasu National Wildlife Refuge Havasu National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge on the lower Colorado River in Arizona and California. It preserves habitat for wildlife like desert bighorn sheep, the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher, the threaten ...

(part) *

Kaibab National Forest Kaibab National Forest (, ) borders both the north and south rims of the Grand Canyon, in north-central Arizona. Its 1.6 million acres (650,000 ha) is divided into three sections: the ''North Kaibab Ranger District'' (offices in Fredonia), the ...

(part) *

Pipe Spring National Monument Pipe Spring National Monument is a United States National Monument located in the U.S. state of Arizona, rich with American Indian, early explorer, and Mormon pioneer history. Administered by the National Park Service, Pipe Spring was list ...

There are 18 official

wilderness area Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural) are Earth's natural environments that have not been significantly modified by human activity, or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation. The term has traditionally ...

s in Mohave County that are part of the

National Wilderness Preservation System The National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS) of the United States protects federal government of the United States, federally managed Wilderness, wilderness areas designated for preservation in their natural condition. Activity on formally ...

. Most of these are managed by the

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, but some are integral parts of the preceding protected areas, or have shared jurisdiction with the BLM. Some extend into neighboring counties (as indicated below) All wilderness areas within Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument are managed by BLM, although the National Monument shares management with the

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: *

Arrastra Mountain Wilderness Arrastra Mountain Wilderness is a protected wilderness area centered around the Poachie Range, a northwest–southeast trending mountain range that rises to almost . Established in 1990 under the Arizona Desert Wilderness Act, the area is manag ...

(BLM) partly in Yavapai County, Arizona, and La Paz County, Arizona *

Aubrey Peak Wilderness The Aubrey Peak Wilderness is a wilderness administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The wilderness is located in northwest Arizona in the southwest of Mohave County, a region of the southeastern Mojave Desert's extension into northw ...

(BLM) *

Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness The Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness is a wilderness area located in northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah, USA, within the arid Colorado Plateau region. The jagged mountains and gently sloping alluvial plain of the Beaver Dam Mountains st ...

(BLM) partly in Washington County, Utah * Cottonwood Point Wilderness (BLM) *

Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument in the U.S. state of Arizona. Established in 1984 under the Arizona Wilderness Act the area is managed by the Bureau of Land Managemen ...

(Grand Canyon–Parashant NM) managed by BLM * Havasu Wilderness (Havasu NWR) partly in San Bernardino County, California * Kanab Creek Wilderness (Kaibab NF / BLM) mostly in Coconino County, Arizona * Mount Logan Wilderness (Grand Canyon–Parashant NM) managed by BLM *

Mount Nutt Wilderness Mount Nutt Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the central part of the Black Mountains in the U.S. state of Arizona. It was established in 1990 under the Arizona Desert Wilderness Act, and it is managed by the Bureau of Land Manageme ...

(BLM) * Mount Tipton Wilderness (BLM) *

Mount Trumbull Wilderness The Mount Trumbull Wilderness is a 7,880 acre (31 km2) wilderness area located on the Uinkaret Plateau in the Arizona Strip. It is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The Mount Trumbull Wilderness is north of Grand Canyon National ...

(Grand Canyon–Parashant NM) managed by BLM * Mount Wilson Wilderness (BLM) *

Paiute Wilderness The Paiute Wilderness is an 87,900 acre (355 km2) wilderness area located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. The wilderness is administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The southern section of the wilderness lies wi ...

(partly in Grand Canyon–Parashant NM) managed by BLM * Rawhide Mountains Wilderness (BLM) mostly in La Paz County, Arizona * Swansea Wilderness (BLM) mostly in La Paz County, Arizona * Upper Burro Creek Wilderness (BLM) mostly in Yavapai County, Arizona * Wabayuma Peak Wilderness (BLM) *

Warm Springs Wilderness The Warm Springs Wilderness makes up the entirety of the Black Mesa (western Arizona) and parts of the surrounding foothills, washes, alluvial fans, and valleys. The Black Mesa is the southernmost section of the Black Mountains of western Moha ...

(BLM)

Demographics

2020 census

2010 census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 200,186 people, 82,539 households, and 54,036 families living in the county. The population density was . There were 110,911 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 86.9% white, 2.2% American Indian, 1.1% Asian, 0.9% black or African American, 0.2% Pacific islander, 6.0% from other races, and 2.7% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 14.8% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 23.1% were

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, 16.2% were Irish, 15.6% were

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, 5.7% were

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, and 4.5% were

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. Of the 82,539 households, 24.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 34.5% were non-families, and 26.7% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.86. The median age was 47.6 years. The median income for a household in the county was $39,785 and the median income for a family was $47,530. Males had a median income of $36,222 versus $28,060 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,523. About 11.6% of families and 16.1% of the population were below the

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, including 24.7% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.

2000 census

As of the

of 2000, there were 155,032 people, 62,809 households, and 43,401 families living in the county. The

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was . There were 80,062 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 90.1%

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, 0.5%

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, 2.4% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.1%

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, 4.0% from other races, and 2.1% from two or more races. 11.1% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. There were 62,809 households, out of which 25.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.1% were

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living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.87. In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.1% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 98.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.80 males. The median income for a household in the county was $31,521, and the median income for a family was $36,311. Males had a median income of $28,505 versus $20,632 for females. The

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for the county was $16,788. About 9.8% of families and 13.9% of the population were below the

, including 20.4% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over.

Politics, government, and infrastructure

Since 2008, Mohave has taken over from

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and

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as the “reddest” county in the state, and in 2024, it stood as such by twenty-one percentage points. No Democratic presidential nominee has carried Mohave County since

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, who, despite the

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of Arizona native

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, did so in 1964, by a margin of only 152 votes. In the 1990s,

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came very close to winning this county, if not because of a combination of significant nationwide rural appeal and third-party candidate

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's Western appeal himself. In 1992, Clinton only lost the county by fewer than 430 votes. Four years later, he lost by just over 1,200 votes; no Democrat since then has managed even 40 percent of the county's vote. In recent elections it has become common for Democratic nominees to receive less than thirty percent of the county's vote, with

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in 2024 receiving less than 22 percent of the vote. In 2024, Donald Trump received 77.4% of the vote in Mohave County. According to Ballotpedia, Mohave County makes up 2.98% of Arizona's voting percentage

The Mohave County Administration Building is located in downtown Kingman at 700 West Beale Street. The old County Complex, which the Administration Building replaced, was located adjacent to the courthouse on Spring Street and 4th Street. The Mohave County Courthouse and Jail, Mohave County Superior Courthouse, built in 1915, is an

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building on the

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. The county jail is adjacent to the County Administration Building at 501 S. Highway 66.

Arizona State Prison – Kingman Arizona State Prison – Kingman is a privately run minimum/medium-security prison designed to hold 3500 prisoners. It is located in unincorporated Mohave County, Arizona, in Golden Valley. When the idea of the prison was being sold to the re ...

, a privately run prison of the

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, is located in unincorporated Mohave County near Golden Valley and Kingman.

Education

K-12 school districts

The following school districts serve Mohave County: ;Unified school districts *

Colorado City Unified School District Colorado City Unified School District No. 14 is a school district headquartered in Colorado City, Arizona, serving students in the towns of Colorado City, Centennial Park and part of Cane Beds in rural Mohave County, and in Hildale, Utah. It ...

* Fredonia-Moccasin Unified District *

Kingman Unified School District The Kingman Unified School District is the school district for Kingman, Arizona and nearby areas. It includes 11 schools. It was founded in 2001 with the merger of the Kingman Elementary School District No. 4, Mohave Union High School District N ...

Lake Havasu Unified School District The Lake Havasu Unified School District is the school district headquartered in Lake Havasu City, Arizona Lake Havasu City (, ) is a city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 57,1 ...

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. ...

Peach Springs Unified School District The Peach Springs Unified School District is the school district in Peach Springs, Arizona. It consists of one elementary and middle school; there is no high school in the district, though Peach Springs once did have its own public high school, ...

– While it is a USD, it sends its high school students to other districts ;High school districts * Colorado River Union High School District ;Elementary school districts * Bullhead City Elementary School District * Hackberry School District * Mohave Valley Elementary School District *

Owens-Whitney Elementary School District Owens Whitney School District 6 a.k.a. Owens School District No. 6 is a public school district based in Mohave County, Arizona. The district includes Wikieup and sections of the Hualapai Indian Reservation. For senior high school, students m ...

* Topock Elementary School District * Valentine Elementary School District * Yucca Elementary School District Additionally there is a

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: * Kingman Academy of Learning

Colleges

Mohave Community College Mohave Community College (MCC) is a Public college, public community college with campuses in Kingman, Arizona, Kingman, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, Lake Havasu City, Bullhead City, Arizona, Bullhead City, and Colorado City, Arizona, Colorado City ...

* Arizona State University Lake Havasu City Campus

Public libraries

The Mohave County Library has ten branches. The branches in Bullhead City, Kingman and Lake Havasu City are open 56 hours a week. The branch in Mohave Valley is open 40 hours a week. Branches in Chloride, Dolan Springs, Golden Shores, Golden Valley, Meadview and Valle Vista are open 15 hours a week.

Transportation

Major highways

* * * * * * *

Airports

The following public use airports are located in Mohave County: *

Bullhead City Bullhead City is a city located on the Colorado River in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, south of Las Vegas, Nevada, and directly across the Colorado River from Laughlin, Nevada, whose casinos and ancillary services supply much of the e ...

– Eagle Airpark (A09) * Bullhead City – Laughlin-Bullhead International Airport (IFP) * Bullhead City – Sun Valley Airport (A20) * Colorado City – Colorado City Municipal Airport (AZC) * Kingman – Kingman Airport (IGM) *

–

Lake Havasu City Airport Lake Havasu City Airport , also known as Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport, is a city-owned public-use airport located north of the central business district of Lake Havasu City, in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. The airport is mostl ...

(HII) *

Meadview Meadview is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, located near Lake Mead. As of the 2020 census, Meadview had 1,420 residents, up from 1,224 as of 2010. It was founded in the 196 ...

– Pearce Ferry Airport (L25) *

Peach Springs Peach Springs () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,098 at the 2020 census. Peach Springs serves as the administrative headquarters of the Hualapai people and is located on the Hual ...

–

Grand Canyon West Airport Grand Canyon West Airport is a public airport northwest of Peach Springs, Arizona, Peach Springs, in Mohave County, Arizona, Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is owned and operated by the Hualapai tribe and is on the Hualapai Indian ...

(1G4) * Temple Bar – Temple Bar Airport (U30)

Communities

Cities

* Kingman (county seat) *

Town

* Colorado City

Census-designated places

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* Arizona Village *

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* Cane Beds * Centennial Park *

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* Clacks Canyon *

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* Crystal Beach * Desert Hills * Dolan Springs *

Fort Mohave Fort Mohave was originally named Camp Colorado when it was established on April 19, 1859 by Lieutenant Colonel William Hoffman (U.S. Army), William Hoffman during the Mohave War. It was located on the east bank of the Colorado River, at Beale's ...

* Golden Shores * Golden Valley *

Grand Canyon West Grand Canyon West is a tourism development on the Hualapai Reservation in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. Grand Canyon West is home to the tribe's Grand Canyon business operations, including the Grand Canyon West Airport and the Grand Cany ...

* Hackberry * Kaibab *

Katherine Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and Catherina, other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Ch ...

* Lazy Y U * Littlefield * McConnico *

* Mesquite Creek *

Moccasin A moccasin is a shoe, made of deerskin or other soft leather, consisting of a sole (made with leather that has not been "worked") and sides made of one piece of leather, stitched together at the top, and sometimes with a vamp (additional pane ...

Mohave Valley The Mohave Valley is a valley located mostly on the east shore of the south-flowing Colorado River in northwest Arizona. The valley extends into California's San Bernardino County; the northern side of the valley extends into extreme southeast ...

* Mojave Ranch Estates * New Kingman-Butler * Oatman *

* Pine Lake * Pinion Pines *

Scenic Scenic may refer to: * Scenic design * Scenic painting * Scenic overlook * Scenic railroad (disambiguation) * Scenic route * Scenic, South Dakota, United States * Scenic (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse Aviation * Airwave Scenic, an Austrian ...

* So-Hi *

Topock Topock ( Mojave: Tuupak) is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population within the CDP was 2. Topock and the surrounding region have a ZIP C ...

* Truxton * Valentine * Valle Vista * Walnut Creek * White Hills * Wikieup * Willow Valley *

Yucca ''Yucca'' ( , YUCK-uh) is both the scientific name and common name for a genus native to North America from Panama to southern Canada. It contains 50 accepted species. In addition to yucca, they are also known as Adam's needle or Spanish-bayon ...

Ghost towns

* Alamo Crossing * Aubrey Landing * Camp Beale Springs *

Cedar Cedar may refer to: Trees and plants *''Cedrus'', common English name cedar, an Old-World genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae * Cedar (plant), a list of trees and plants known as cedar Places United States * Cedar, Arizona ...

* Cerbat * Cottonia * Cyclopic *

* Frisco *

Germa Germa (), known in ancient times as Garama, is an archaeological site in Libya. It was the capital of the Garamantian Kingdom. The Garamantes were a Berber people, Saharan people living in the Fezzan in the northeastern Sahara Desert. Garamantia ...

Golconda Golconda is a fortified citadel and ruined city located on the western outskirts of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The fort was originally built by Kakatiya ruler Pratāparudra in the 11th century out of mud walls. It was ceded to the Bahmani ...

* Gold Basin * Goldflat * Goldroad * Grand Gulch * Grasshopper Junction * Greenwood City * Hardyville * Henning * Lincolnia * Liverpool Landing * Lost Basin * Macnab * McCracken * Mellen * Mineral City * Mineral Park *

Mockingbird Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds from the family (biology), family Mimidae. They are best known for the habit of some species Mimicry, mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians, often loudly ...

* Mohave City * Mount Trumbull *

Nothing Nothing, no-thing, or no thing is the complete absence of ''anything'', as the opposite of ''something'' and an antithesis of everything. The concept of nothing has been a matter of philosophical debate since at least the 5th century BCE. Ea ...

* Old Trails * Pearce Ferry * Polhamus Landing * Powell *

Pyramid A pyramid () is a structure whose visible surfaces are triangular in broad outline and converge toward the top, making the appearance roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense. The base of a pyramid can be of any polygon shape, such as trian ...

Sandy Sandy may refer to: People and fictional characters *Sandy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Sandy (surname), a list of people * Sandy (Iranian music band), Iranian singer, comp ...

Santa Claus Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle or Santa) is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Chris ...

Signal A signal is both the process and the result of transmission of data over some media accomplished by embedding some variation. Signals are important in multiple subject fields including signal processing, information theory and biology. In ...

Snowball A snowball is a sphere, spherical object made from snow, usually created by scooping snow with the hands and pressing the snow together to compact it into a ball. Snowballs are often used in games such as snowball fights. A snowball may also be ...

* Stockton * Tuweep *

Virginia City Virginia City is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada, United States, and the largest community in the county. The city is a part of the Reno– Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area. Virginia City dev ...

* Vivian * Willow Ranch * Wolf Hole

Indian communities

Fort Mojave Indian Reservation The Fort Mohave Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation along the Colorado River, currently encompassing in Arizona, in California, and in the southernmost point of Nevada. Located around the tri-point of the three states, the reservation i ...

Kaibab Indian Reservation The Kaibab Indian Reservation is the home of the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians ( Southern Paiute Language: Kai'vi'vits), a federally recognized tribe of Southern Paiutes. The Indian reservation is located in northern part of the U.S. state of Ar ...

* Hualapai Indian Reservation

County population ranking

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Mohave County. † county seat

Economy

Mining

* Artillery Peak mine

References

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Mohave County Government

Mohave County Political Information
* {{Coord, 35, 40, 55, N, 113, 51, 47, W, region:US-AZ_type:adm2nd_source:dewiki, display=title Arizona placenames of Native American origin 1864 establishments in Arizona Territory Populated places established in 1864 Ghost towns in Arizona

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