Cherry, Arizona
{{Short description|Ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona}}
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|name = Cherry, Arizona
|settlement_type = Ghost town
|image_skyline = Cherry cemetery-2.jpg
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|image_caption = Cherry cemetery, est. 1886
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Arizona
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|map_caption = Location within Yavapai county
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
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|subdivision_name1 = Arizona
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Yavapai
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|unit_pref = Imperial
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|population_as_of = 2000
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|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone = Mountain (MST)
|utc_offset = -7
|elevation_ft = 5007
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|blank1_info = 27538{{GNIS|27538}}
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Cherry is a mining ghost town in central Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, between Dewey and Camp Verde.{{Cite web |url=http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/227754/page/0/fpart/all/vc/1 |title=Cherry ghost town info |access-date=June 10, 2007 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033537/http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/227754/page/0/fpart/all/vc/1 |url-status=dead }}
History
Cherry's post office was established March 3, 1884, and discontinued March 15, 1943. Notable mines in the area include the Federal, Bunker, Sunnybrook, Logan and Gold Bullion{{cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-48394.html |title=Gold Bullion Mine (Copper Bullion Mine), Cherry, Cherry Creek District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA |publisher=Mindat.org |date=July 30, 2010 |accessdate=August 4, 2010}} mines. About 400 people lived and worked in Cherry during its prime. At present, Cherry is a small retirement and vacation-home community. A number of the original buildings are still in use. The Cherry cemetery has several graves from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.{{cite book |last1=Varney |first1=Philip |title=Arizona's Best Ghost Towns |date=1980 |publisher=Northland Press |location=Flagstaff |isbn=0873582179 |pages=7–8 |chapter=One: Near Prescott • Ghosts of the Higher Ground|lccn=79-91724}}
Education
References
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External links
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- [http://www.azghosttowns.com/towns/cherry.html Cherry] – Ghost Town of the Month at azghosttowns.com
- [http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/cherry.html Cherry ghost town, photos]
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/three_sixteen/sets/72157604648471490/ Cherry photo gallery]
- [http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=34.58806&lon=-112.04111&datum=nad27&u=4&layer=DRG&size=l&s=50 Cherry USGS topographic map, at TopoQuest]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130826044755/http://cherryfire.org/the-story-of-cherry-az/ The Story of Cherry, Arizona] on [https://web.archive.org/web/20151225143122/http://cherryfire.org/ Cherry Fire] website
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Category:1884 establishments in Arizona Territory
Category:Former populated places in Yavapai County, Arizona