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Washington Camp is a 
Washington Camp
– ghosttowns.com {{authority control Ghost towns in Arizona Populated places in Santa Cruz County, Arizona 1880 establishments in Arizona Territory History of Santa Cruz County, Arizona
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 ...
in Santa Cruz County, 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. Little remains of the historic mining camp and what does is on private property belonging to the community's few remaining residents. The Mad Miner Inn has lodging, checkout availability and location on maps. The ruins of the ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
of Duquesne
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Duquesne or Duchesne ( , ; old spelling Du Quesne, American spelling DuQuesne) is a family name derived from a northern dialectal form of French (Norman and Picard) meaning ''du chêne'' in French ("of the oak").
The anglicization of t ...
are one mile southeast of Washington Camp.
The post office in Washington Camp was first opened on May 13, 1880, and moved to nearby Duquesne on June 6, 1890.
See also
*List of ghost towns in Arizona
This is a partial list of ghost towns in Arizona in the United States. Most ghost towns in Arizona are former mining boomtowns that were abandoned when the mines closed. Those not set up as mining camps often became mills or supply points suppor ...
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Washington Camp
– ghosttowns.com {{authority control Ghost towns in Arizona Populated places in Santa Cruz County, Arizona 1880 establishments in Arizona Territory History of Santa Cruz County, Arizona