Wranglers Roost

Ghost town · Maricopa County, Arizona

Daisy Mountain quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Wranglers Roost is a ghost town in Maricopa County, Arizona. It is one of 10 former communities in Maricopa County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 15 Arizona counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Wranglers Roost 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 33.9242° N, 112.1130° W.

Key facts

Elevation	2,088 ft
Nearest living town	New River, AZ
Distance to it	3.3 miles
Coordinates	33.92420, -112.11300

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What's there now

Wranglers Roost is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is New River, AZ (population 18,365), about 3.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,088 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

The front gate the historic Wranglers Roost located in 2500 West New River Road in New River, Arizona. This was where the New River stage coach stop was located · Marine 69-71 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Nearby places

Gillett
ghost town · Yavapai County · 7.2 mi
Tip Top
ghost town · Yavapai County · 11.6 mi
Bumble Bee
ghost town · Yavapai County · 19.3 mi
Bradshaw City
ghost town · Yavapai County · 23.4 mi
Marinette
ghost town · Maricopa County · 24.4 mi
Dysart
ghost town · Maricopa County · 24.7 mi
Cleator
ghost town · Yavapai County · 25.5 mi
Alexandra
ghost town · Yavapai County · 26 mi
Cordes
ghost town · Yavapai County · 26.4 mi
Big Bug
ghost town · Yavapai County · 27.2 mi
Weaver
ghost town · Yavapai County · 37.6 mi
Peterson
ghost town · Maricopa County · 38.9 mi

Questions

Where is Wranglers Roost?

Wranglers Roost is in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 33.9242, -112.1130.

How many ghost towns are in Maricopa County?

Maricopa County, Arizona has 10 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

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