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Cochran, Arizona
Ghost town in Pinal County
Ghost town in Pinal County
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Cochran, Arizona |
| settlement_type | Ghost town |
| pushpin_map | Arizona#USA |
| pushpin_label | Cochran |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_mapsize | 250 |
| map_caption | Location in the state of Arizona |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_type1 | State |
| subdivision_type2 | County |
| subdivision_name | United States |
| subdivision_name1 | Arizona |
| subdivision_name2 | Pinal |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 1905 |
| extinct_title | Abandoned |
| extinct_date | 1915 |
| named_for | John S. Cochran, first postmaster |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| elevation_ft | 1640 |
| elevation_m | 500 |
| population_as_of | 2009 |
| population_total | 0 |
| timezone | MST (no DST) |
| utc_offset | -7 |
| coordinates | |
| blank_name | Post Office opened |
| blank_info | January 3, 1905 |
| blank1_name | Post Office closed |
| blank1_info | January 15, 1915 |
Cochran is a ghost town in Pinal County in the U.S. state of Arizona. The town was settled in 1905, in what was then the Arizona Territory.
History
Named after its first postmaster, John S. Cochran, the small mining camp also served as a stop on the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway (now the Copper Basin Railway). The post office was established on January 3, 1905, and was discontinued on January 15, 1915. At its peak, the population was approximately 100, and housed a general store and a boardinghouse, among other establishments.
Apart from a few building foundations in the town center, and the railroad tracks at the edge of the now-abandoned town site, Cochran's last (and most notable) remains are five largely intact beehive coke ovens across the Gila River at Butte, Arizona. (These coke ovens are actually from an earlier town that existed before Cochrane came into existence.)
Geography
Cochran is located about 15 mi east of Florence, Arizona at .
References
References
- Sherman, James E.. (1969). "Ghost Towns of Arizona". University of Oklahoma Press.
- {{gnis. 24373. Cochran
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