Cornfields, Arizona

{{Short description|CDP in Apache County, Arizona}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}

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|official_name = Cornfields, Arizona

|settlement_type = Census-designated place

|image_skyline = Cornfields Chapter House, February 2019.jpg

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|image_caption = Cornfields Chapter House

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|pushpin_map = Arizona

|pushpin_label = Cornfields

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_name1 = Arizona

|subdivision_name2 = Apache

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|area_total_km2 = 0.97

|area_total_sq_mi = 0.38

|area_land_km2 = 0.97

|area_land_sq_mi = 0.38

|area_water_km2 = 0.00

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

|elevation_ft = 6152

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|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 221

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|population_density_km2 = 227.52

|population_density_sq_mi = 589.33

|timezone = MST

|utc_offset = -7

|timezone_DST = MDT

|utc_offset_DST = -6

|coordinates = {{coord|35|39|05|N|109|40|32|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 86505{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/86505|title=Cornfields AZ ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=May 3, 2023}}

|area_code = 928

|blank_name = FIPS code

|blank_info = 04-15850

|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

|blank1_info = 2582763{{GNIS|2582763}}

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|website =

|unit_pref = Imperial

|area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_04.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}

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Cornfields is a chapter of the Navajo Nation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 255 at the 2010 census.{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0415850| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212180337/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0415850| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cornfields CDP, Arizona| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=April 18, 2013}}

Cornfields is part of the Fort Defiance Agency, of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Ganado, AZ is the delegate seat for the district that encompasses the Jeddito, Cornfields, Ganado, Kinlichee, Steamboat communities at the Navajo Nation Council.

Geography

Image:Navajo people and sheep.jpg

Cornfields is located about {{convert|10|mi}} southwest of Burnside.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.0|km2|disp=flip}}, all land. Cornfields is part of the greater Ganado area which includes Ganado, Burnside, Cornfields, Kinlichee, Wood Springs, Klagetoh, and Steamboat and the family ranches dispersed amongst these sub-areas.

Education

It is in the Ganado Unified School District,{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st04_az/schooldistrict_maps/c04001_apache/DC20SD_C04001.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Apache County, AZ|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|page=3/4 (sheet 2)|accessdate=January 13, 2022}} which operates Ganado High School.

Demographics

{{US Census population

|align=left|2020= 221

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}

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References

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{{Apache County, Arizona}}

{{Communities of the Navajo Nation}}

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Category:Census-designated places in Apache County, Arizona

Category:Census-designated places in Arizona

Category:Populated places on the Navajo Nation