Rock House is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Gila County
Gila County ( ) is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,272. The county seat is Globe.
Gila County comprises the Payson, Arizona micropolitan statistical area which is incl ...
,
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.
The population was 50 at the
2010 census.
Geography
The CDP is located in west-central Gila County in the valley of the
Salt River east (upstream) of
Theodore Roosevelt Lake
Theodore Roosevelt Lake (usually called Roosevelt Lake, sometimes Lake Roosevelt) is a large reservoir formed by Theodore Roosevelt Dam on the Salt River (Arizona), Salt River in Arizona as part of the Salt River Project (SRP). Located roughly ...
.
Arizona State Route 288, the Globe–Young Highway, passes through the community, leading north through
Tonto National Forest
The Tonto National Forest, encompassing , is the largest of the six national forests in Arizona and is the ninth largest national forest in the United States. The forest has diverse scenery, with elevations ranging from 1,400 feet (427 m) in ...
to
Young
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, and south to
Arizona State Route 188
State Route 188 is a state highway located primarily in Gila County in the U.S. state of Arizona.
Route description
The route, also known as Apache Trail at its southern end, starts at U.S. Route 60 in Globe, just north of Claypool, and ...
at a point north of
Globe
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, the Gila County seat. According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the Pinal CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 4.99%, is water.
Demographics
See also
*
List of census-designated places in Arizona
The 2010 Census defines 360 census-designated places or CDPs within the state of Arizona, with a combined population of 894,461 accounting for 14% of the state population. CDPs are defined as populated areas that are not organized into incorporat ...
References
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Census-designated places in Gila County, Arizona
Census-designated places in Arizona