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Cherry

Ghost town · Yavapai County, Arizona

Mingus Mountain quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1944, 1:62,500)
Mingus Mountain quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1944, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cherry is a ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona. It is one of 15 former communities in Yavapai County on the federal names register. No county in Arizona has more among the 15 Arizona counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cherry as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 34.5881° N, 112.0419° W.

Key facts

Elevation5,012 ft
Nearest living townVerde Village, AZ
Distance to it9 miles
Coordinates34.58806, -112.04194

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What's there now

Cherry is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Verde Village, AZ (population 12,662), about 9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5,012 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Cherry, AZ cemetery. There are some pretty recent burials there, I think the latest one I found was 2002! There was also a plot with names on it - yet to be fil
Cherry, AZ cemetery. There are some pretty recent burials there, I think the latest one I found was 2002! There was also a plot with names on it - yet to be fil · Austin Gruenweller from Tempe, AZ, USA / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Questions

Where is Cherry?

Cherry is in Yavapai County, Arizona, at 34.5881, -112.0419.

How many ghost towns are in Yavapai County?

Yavapai County, Arizona has 15 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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