La Paz, Arizona

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La Paz, Arizona was a 19th-century Colorado River mining town and former county seat whose name was later adopted by La Paz County.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
La Paz, Arizona canonical 3
La Paz, Arizona Territory 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former settlement ⓘ
ghost town ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeatFrom 1864 ⓘ
countySeatUntil 1870 ⓘ
declineCause exhaustion of nearby placer gold deposits ⓘ
shift of Colorado River channel ⓘ
elevationFeet 358 ⓘ
elevationMeters 109 ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
foundedAs mining town ⓘ
foundingYear 1862 ⓘ
gaveNameTo La Paz County, Arizona ⓘ
geographicFeatureClass historical populated place ⓘ
locatedIn Arizona ⓘ
Yuma County, Arizona ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC−07:00 ⓘ
locatedOn Colorado River ⓘ
namedAfter La Paz gold placers ⓘ
La Paz, Arizona ⓘ
nearbyModernLocality Ehrenberg, Arizona ⓘ
notableFor La Paz gold rush of 1862 ⓘ
peakPopulationApproximate 1500 ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity gold mining ⓘ
region Lower Colorado River Valley ⓘ
replacedAsCountySeatBy Arizona City, Arizona ⓘ
servedAs county seat of Yuma County, Arizona ⓘ
status abandoned ⓘ
territorialContext Arizona Territory ⓘ
transportRoute Colorado River steamboat traffic ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

La Paz County, Arizona → namedAfter → La Paz, Arizona ⓘ
La Paz County, Arizona → namedAfter → La Paz, Arizona ⓘ
subject linked to: La Paz, Arizona
La Paz County → namedAfter → La Paz, Arizona ⓘ
La Paz gold rush of 1862 → hasLocation → La Paz, Arizona Territory ⓘ
linked to: La Paz, Arizona