Constellation, Arizona

Constellation, Arizona
former populated place
Constellation is located in Arizona
Constellation
Constellation
Location within the state of Arizona
Constellation is located in the United States
Constellation
Constellation
Constellation (the United States)
Coordinates: 34°03′48″N 112°34′57″W / 34.06333°N 112.58250°W / 34.06333; -112.58250
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyYavapai
Elevation
[1]
3,560 ft (1,330 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)
Area code928
GNIS feature ID42812

Constellation is a former mining town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.[2] It has an estimated elevation of 3,560 feet (1,090 m) above sea level.[1] The town was started to support the Monte Cristo Mine, which was later joined by several other mines. In 1925 the town had a post office and some 250 residents, but no trace of it is left, though ruins of the various mines surround the ghost town site.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Feature Detail Report for: Constellation". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Constellation (in Yavapai County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  3. ^ Sherman, James H.; Sherman, Barbara H. (August 1, 1968). Ghost Towns of Arizona. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-8061-0843-8. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  4. ^ Varney, Philip (1980). "Two: The Wickenburg Area". Arizona's Best Ghost Towns. Flagstaff: Northland Press. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0873582179. LCCN 79-91724.

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