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Youngberg is a
Goldfield or Youngsberg
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populated place
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situated in Pinal County
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, Arizona
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, United States.
History
Originally called Goldfield due to the nearby gold mines, The Goldfield Post Office was established on October 7, 1893, with James L Patterson as its first Postmaster.Granger, Byrd H., Arizona's Names (X Marks the Place). Tucson: The Falconer Publishing Company, 1983. p. 692 This was the same year that George U. Young arrived. After his arrival, the community also became known as Youngsberg. After a mining accident at his Goldfield mining operation, Young experienced a severe decline in his health, starting from about 1920 on, and in late 1925 he was rendered an invalid. He died from apparentapoplexy
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on November 26, 1926, at his vacation home near the Derby Mine. He was cremated and his remains interred at Phoenix's Greenwood/Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery
Greenwood Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery is the name of a cemetery located at 2300 West Van Buren Street in Phoenix, Arizona owned by Dignity Memorial. The cemetery, which resulted as a merger of two historical cemeteries, Greenwood Memorial Park ...
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When the gold mines closed in 1897 the post office soon followed in 1898. The town depopulated, before a new small community developed, and became known under its current name, which was in honor of Young, who was the Secretary for the Arizona Territory from 1909 to 1910. The Apache Trail
The Apache Trail in Arizona was a stagecoach trail that ran through the Superstition Mountains. It was named the Apache Trail after the Apache Indians who originally used this trail to move through the Superstition Mountains.
The historic ...
was constructed by the town in 1905. The Youngberg Post Office opened in 1920, and remained until 1926. It has an estimated elevation of above sea level.
See also
*List of historic properties in Youngberg, Arizona
This article catalogs the historic properties in the mining town of Goldfield, Arizona. The town was originally known as Goldfield, later renamed to Youngberg, Arizona, Youngberg and again named Goldfield by the current owners. The list below h ...
* Highland Park, Yavapai County, Arizona (Derby Mine)
* George U. Young (Madizelle Mining Co.)
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Goldfield or Youngsberg
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