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American Flag, Arizona

FieldValue
nameAmerican Flag, Arizona
settlement_typeGhost town
image_skylineAmerican Flag post office from N 3.JPG
image_captionAmerican Flag post office
pushpin_mapArizona#USA
pushpin_labelAmerican Flag
pushpin_label_positionleft
map_captionLocation in the state of Arizona
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_name1Arizona
subdivision_name2Pinal
established_titleFounded:
established_datecirca 1870
extinct_titleAbandoned:
extinct_datecirca 1890
founderIsaac Lorraine
named_forThe American flag
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft4423
elevation_m1348
population_total0
timezoneMST (no DST)
utc_offset-7
coordinates
blank_namePost Office Opened:
blank_infoDecember 28, 1880
blank1_namePost Office Closed:
blank1_infoJuly 16, 1890

American Flag is a ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona, five miles (8.1 km) southeast of Oracle. The town was established in the late 1870s, but shortly after 1890, the town had become abandoned.

History

American Flag was founded by prospector Isaac Lorraine as the American Flag mine and mining camp in the late 1870s. In 1881, the town was sold to the Richardson Mining Company of New York. The town was small and had a population of about forty, on average. Little is known about the mining camp at this time. Later, Lorraine built the American Flag Ranch as he left the mining business.

The post office was moved to the American Flag Ranch headquarters in 1880. The building still stands, and is the oldest surviving territorial post office building in Arizona. The building is now on the National Register of Historic Places, and is preserved by the Oracle Historical Society.

References

References

  1. {{gnis. 25622. American Flag Ranch
  2. Sherman, James E. (1969). "Ghost Towns of Arizona". University of Oklahoma Press.
  3. [http://www.oracletown.com/history.html Oracle history]
  4. [http://www.oraclehistoricalsociety.org/projects.html#footamflag American Flag Ranch]{{Dead link. (September 2019)
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