Whispering Pines 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. It is one of two locations in Arizona with this name, the other being a populated place in

Greenlee County Greenlee County is a county in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,563, making it Arizona's least populous county. The county seat is Clifton. The economy of Greenlee County is d ...

. The population was 148 at the 2010 United States Census.

Geography

Whispering Pines is located in northern Gila County in the upper valley of the

East Verde River The East Verde River is a tributary of the Verde River in the U.S. state of Arizona. Beginning on the Mogollon Rim near Washington Park, Arizona, Washington Park, it flows generally southwest through Gila County, Arizona, Gila County and the To ...

, between Washington Park to the north and Beaver Valley to the south. It is north of Payson. According to the

United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, econ ...

, the Whispering Pines CDP has a total area of , all land.

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

{{authority control Census-designated places in Gila County, Arizona Census-designated places in Arizona