Mormon Flat (historical) in Maricopa County AZ

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Mormon Flat (historical), Maricopa County, Arizona

Mormon Flat (historical) is a physical feature (flat) in Maricopa County. The primary coordinates for Mormon Flat (historical) places it within the AZ 85264 ZIP Code delivery area.

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Feature Name: Mormon Flat (historical)
Category: Arizona physical, cultural and historic features
Feature Type: Physical
Class: Flat
Description: The flat is at the bend of the Salt River where La Barge Creek flows into it (Will C Barnes' Arizona Place Names, Revised and Enlarged by Byrd H Granger, University of AZ Press, Tucson 1960, p 188).
History: Mormon Flat no longer exists because it was innundated by the creation of Canyon Lake prior to 1941. So named because a party of early Mormons were massacred by Apache Indians (Board on Geographic Names (BGN) Staff research). The stories about the Mormon massacres by Apaches were mythical. The Mormons brought stock to graze here in the 1880's (Will C Barnes' Arizona Place Names, Revised and Enlarged by Byrd H Granger, University of AZ Press, Tucson 1960, p 188).
County: Maricopa County
Latitude: 33.5403246
Longitude: -111.4381872

Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mormon Flat (historical): Mormon Flat (historical).


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