Tolchico, Arizona
Tolchico, Arizona | |
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![]() ![]() Tolchico Location within the state of Arizona | |
Coordinates: 35°23′36″N 111°06′29″W / 35.39333°N 111.10806°WCoordinates: 35°23′36″N 111°06′29″W / 35.39333°N 111.10806°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Arizona |
County | Coconino |
Elevation | 4,669 ft (1,423 m) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (MST) |
Area code(s) | 928 |
FIPS code | 04-74155 |
GNIS feature ID | 24656 |
Tolchico, also known as Tolchaco or Tolchiko, is a populated place situated in Coconino County, Arizona, United States.[2] Tolchico is derived from tolchiko, which is the Navajo term for the Colorado River. The name became official as a result of a Board on Geographic Names decision in April 1915. It has an estimated elevation of 4,669 feet (1,423 m) above sea level.[1]
In the 1880s Hermann Woolf kept a trading post here, termed Tolchico, Navajo for "river ford". Consequently the ford here is referred to as Wolf Crossing.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "Feature Detail Report for: Tolchico". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ "Tolchico (in Coconino County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ^ Woodhouse, Samuel Washington; Woodhouse, S. W. (2007). From Texas to San Diego in 1851: The Overland Journal of Dr. S.W. Woodhouse, Surgeon-naturalist of the Sitgreaves Expedition. Texas Tech University Press. p. 263. ISBN 978-0-89672-597-3.
Categories:
- Populated places in Coconino County, Arizona