Laguna, Yuma County, Arizona

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Laguna, Arizona
Populated place
Laguna is located in Arizona
Laguna
Laguna
Location within the state of Arizona
Coordinates: 32°49′08″N 114°29′08″W / 32.81889°N 114.48556°W / 32.81889; -114.48556Coordinates: 32°49′08″N 114°29′08″W / 32.81889°N 114.48556°W / 32.81889; -114.48556
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyYuma
Elevation
[1]
157 ft (48 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)
ZIP codes
85369
Area code(s)928
FIPS code04-39230
GNIS feature ID25329

Laguna is a populated place situated in Yuma County, Arizona, United States.[2] It is one of two places in Arizona with this name, the other being located in Pinal County.[3] It has an estimated elevation of 1,608 feet (490 m) above sea level.[1]

Gold placers were discovered in the area in 1850s, which led to the settlement coming into existence in the 1860s as a mining town.[1][4] Laguna was located near the site of what would become the Laguna Diversion Dam, on the Colorado River, at the west end of the Laguna Mountains.[5] One of the facilities comprising the U.S.'s Desert Training Center, Camp Laguna, was named after this location and the nearby mountains of the same name.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Feature Detail Report for: Laguna". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ "Laguna (in Yuma County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "Feature Detail Report for: Laguna". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  4. ^ Barnes, Will Croft (2016). Arizona Place Names. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. p. 177. ISBN 0816534950.
  5. ^ Barnes, p. 240.
  6. ^ "Camp Laguna". The Historical Marker Database. Archived from the original on December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.


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