Tonto Village 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 ...

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, United States. The population was 256 at the 2010 United States Census.

Geography

Tonto Village is located in northern Gila County in Thompson Draw, a valley south of the

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. It is west of

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, which leads southwest to Payson. According to the

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, the Tonto Village CDP has a total area of , all land. It includes one restaurant, the Double D Bar & Grill. The Hellsgate Fire Department Station 22 has moved to its new location at 230 N Fitch Ln, Payson, AZ 85541. It now maintains the only cell tower in the village. The charter school and church that were previously listed have since closed. The Fire Control road that runs through the village is the sole point of access to the Diamond Point Fire Tower.

Demographics

Education

It is in the

Payson Unified School District Payson Unified School District #10 (PUSD) is a school district in Gila County, Arizona. The district serves Payson, Star Valley, and the Oxbow Estates area. The district consists of six schools; all are title 1 schools. Area The district i ...

.
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/ref> Payson High School is the zoned comprehensive high school.

References

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