Apache, Arizona
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|subdivision_name2 = Cochise
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|timezone = Mountain (MST)
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|elevation_ft = 4383
|elevation_m = 1336
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Apache is a ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.{{cite web | url=http://arizona.hometownlocator.com/az/cochise/apache.cfm | publisher=AZ Hometown Locator| title=Apache (in Cochise County, AZ) Populated Place Profile | accessdate=January 8, 2016}} It has an estimated elevation of {{convert|4383|ft|m}} above sea level.
History
Apache is the site of the Geronimo Surrender Monument, a memorial dedicated to the site of Geronimo's surrender, and the end of Native American wars in the US.{{cite web|title=Apache, Arizona: Geronimo Surrender Monument|url=https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/16473|accessdate=24 March 2018}}
Apache's population was 38 in 1940,{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |title=The Attorneys List |publisher=United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department |year=1940 |page=85 |language=en}} and was 15 in the 1960 census.{{Cite encyclopedia |year=1960 |title=Arizona |encyclopedia=World Book Encyclopedia |publisher=Field Enterprises Educational Corporation |location=Chicago |volume=A |page=557}}
Education
Apache is the site of Apache Elementary School, a one-room schoolhouse{{cite web|title=Apache Elementary School|url=http://www.apacheelementary.org/|accessdate=24 March 2018}} with an enrollment (in 2017) of eight students as of 2018.{{cite web|title=Save the date – October 16, 2017 – Apache Open House|url=http://www.apacheelementary.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/PressRelease2.pdf|accessdate=24 March 2018}}
References
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