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Phoenix

East Phoenix

Mill City

Phenix

Pumpkinsville

Salt River

Smith Station

Smiths Station

Place Type
inhabited place
Description
Located in S central Arizona on Salt River; irrigation & dam projects began 1867 & promoted development; burgeoned after WW II.
Authority
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990); Canby, Historic Places (1984); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);

Born

Deborah Horrell (American, 1953-2018)

David Kroll (American, born 1956)

Died

George Elbert Burr (American, 1859-1939)

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