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Pinal City

Ghost town · Pinal County, Arizona

Picketpost Mtn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:24,000)
Picketpost Mtn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pinal City is a ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona. It is one of 9 former communities in Pinal County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 7th among the 15 Arizona counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pinal City 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 33.2781° N, 111.1392° W.

Key facts

Peak population0
Last recorded population0
Elevation2,534 ft
Nearest living townSuperior, AZ
Distance to it1 miles
Coordinates33.27806, -111.13917

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What's there now

Pinal City is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Superior, AZ (population 2,470), about 1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,534 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Southeast view of the mill and town of Pinal, circa 1880.
Southeast view of the mill and town of Pinal, circa 1880. · Unknown. 19th Century Photo (1880). More than 120 years since its creation in 1880. / Wikimedia Commons · public-domain

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Questions

Where is Pinal City?

Pinal City is in Pinal County, Arizona, at 33.2781, -111.1392.

How many ghost towns are in Pinal County?

Pinal County, Arizona has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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