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Partridge

Ghost town · Santa Cruz County, Arizona

Oro Blanco quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1942, 1:62,500)
Oro Blanco quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1942, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Partridge is a ghost town in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It is one of 11 former communities in Santa Cruz County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 4th among the 15 Arizona counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Partridge as a historical populated place on the Bartlett Mountain topographic quadrangle: 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 31.4798° N, 111.2754° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBartlett Mountain
Elevation4,059 ft
Nearest living townArivaca, AZ
Distance to it6.7 miles
GNIS feature ID36768
Coordinates31.47981, -111.27537

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Partridge today, aerial view
Oro Blanco quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1942, 1:62,500)

Left: Oro Blanco quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1942, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Partridge is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Arivaca, AZ (population 494), about 6.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4,059 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Partridge?

Partridge is in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, at 31.4798, -111.2754.

How many ghost towns are in Santa Cruz County?

Santa Cruz County, Arizona has 11 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.