Cosnino, Arizona
{{Short description|Populated place in Coconino County, Arizona, US}}
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Cosnino is a populated place situated in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, located several miles east of Flagstaff, the county seat.{{Cite web |title=Cosnino (in Coconino County, AZ) Populated Place Profile |url=http://arizona.hometownlocator.com/az/coconino/cosnino.cfm |access-date=November 4, 2016 |publisher=AZ Hometown Locator |archive-date=November 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105032719/http://arizona.hometownlocator.com/az/coconino/cosnino.cfm |url-status=live }}
Geography
It has an estimated elevation of {{convert|6466|ft|m}} above sea level, and lies in the Rio de Flag drainage basin.{{Citation |last=Leland R. Dexter |title=Improving Flood Mapping for Coconino County, Arizona |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280320550 |year=2004 |doi=10.13140/RG.2.1.4658.9285}}
History
File:Part of Coconino County, Arizona, in 1925.png By 1893, Cosnino was a railroad siding on the Santa Fe railroad. Two trains collided east of Cosnino in October 1893.{{Cite web |date=October 19, 1893 |title=Collision near Cosnino |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/40675687/ |publisher=The Coconino Sun |access-date=January 13, 2020 |archive-date=January 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113045320/https://www.newspapers.com/image/40675687/ |url-status=live }}
Cosnino was the site of a telegraph office, which was closed in 1913, in favor of Winona, Arizona.{{Cite news |date=1913-10-04 |title=Untitled |pages=2 |work=Winslow Mail |location=Winslow, Arizona |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/winslow-mail-oct-04-1913-p-2/ |access-date=2022-11-13 |archive-date=2022-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114033202/https://newspaperarchive.com/winslow-mail-oct-04-1913-p-2/ |url-status=live }}
The Cosnino community club was active in the 1910s{{Cite book |last=Service |first=University of Arizona Agricultural Extension |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dTdU42bXTPQC&q=cosnino |title=Annual Report |date=1915 |publisher=University of Arizona |location=Tucson, Arizona |pages=41 |language=en |access-date=2023-02-22 |archive-date=2024-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214232345/https://books.google.com/books?id=dTdU42bXTPQC&q=cosnino |url-status=live }} and 1920s.{{Cite news |date=1926-05-21 |title=Cosnino News |pages=20 |work=Coconino Sun |location=Flagstaff, Arizona |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/flagstaff-coconino-sun-may-21-1926-p-20/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |archive-date=2022-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114225642/https://newspaperarchive.com/flagstaff-coconino-sun-may-21-1926-p-20/ |url-status=live }}
A schoolhouse was built in Cosnino in 1924. The Cosnino school was a one-room schoolhouse built one mile from the highway on Walnut Canyon Road, in what the Coconino Sun called "an ideal setting for a rural school".{{Cite news |date=1925-04-23 |title=New Cosnino School |pages=23 |work=Coconino Sun |location=Flagstaff, Arizona |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/flagstaff-coconino-sun-apr-03-1925-p-23/ |access-date=2022-11-13 |archive-date=2022-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113171903/https://newspaperarchive.com/flagstaff-coconino-sun-apr-03-1925-p-23/ |url-status=live }} The Cosnino school had an enrollment of 15 in 1926.{{Cite news |date=1926-05-28 |title=Cosnino News |page=23 |work=Coconino Sun |location=Flagstaff, Arizona |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/flagstaff-coconino-sun-may-28-1926-p-18/ |access-date=2022-11-13 |archive-date=2022-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113173410/https://newspaperarchive.com/flagstaff-coconino-sun-may-28-1926-p-18/ |url-status=live }} The school was unusual in that due to heavy snow in the winters, the annual vacation period ran from November to March.{{Cite news |date=2 Mar 1940 |title=Cosnino, Winona Schools To Open |language=en |page=53 |work=Arizona Republic |location=Phoenix, Arizona |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/8039648/ |access-date=2022-11-09 |archive-date=2022-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109125453/https://www.newspapers.com/image/8039648/ |url-status=live }}
The Cosnino school was also used as a meeting house and was proposed as a location for Sunday school.{{Cite news |date=1926-05-28 |title=Cosnino News |pages=18 |work=Coconino Sun |location=Flagstaff, Arizona |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/flagstaff-coconino-sun-may-28-1926-p-18/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |archive-date=2022-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113234620/https://newspaperarchive.com/flagstaff-coconino-sun-may-28-1926-p-18/ |url-status=live }} Community events were also held at the Cosnino schoolhouse.{{Cite news |date=1926-11-26 |title=Cosnino News |pages=19 |work=Coconino Sun |location=Flagstaff, Arizona |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/flagstaff-coconino-sun-nov-26-1926-p-19/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |archive-date=2022-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114204558/https://newspaperarchive.com/flagstaff-coconino-sun-nov-26-1926-p-19/ |url-status=live }} The school in Cosnino was later integrated into the Flagstaff school system.{{Cite news |date=18 January 1952 |title=Mrs. Grolich Dies at Winslow; Rites At Flag Monday |work=Arizona Daily Sun |location=Flagstaff, Arizona |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/birth-clipping-jan-18-1952-1510268/ |access-date=15 January 2020 |archive-date=15 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115160953/https://newspaperarchive.com/birth-clipping-jan-18-1952-1510268/ |url-status=live }}
Cosnino's population in the 1960 Census was 15.{{Cite encyclopedia |year=1960 |title=Arizona |encyclopedia=World Book Encyclopedia |publisher=Field Enterprises Educational Corporation |location=Chicago, Illinois |page=557}}
In the 1970s, Cosnino Arena, on Cosnino Road, was the site of 4-H and other agrarian events for area communities.{{Cite news |date=1974-07-27 |title=4-H Club Issues 170 Trophies |pages=5 |work=Arizona Daily Sun |location=Flagstaff, Arizona |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/arizona-daily-sun-jul-27-1974-p-5/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |archive-date=2022-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114221713/https://newspaperarchive.com/arizona-daily-sun-jul-27-1974-p-5/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=1976-05-26 |title=Gymkhana Set |pages=12 |work=Arizona Daily Sun |location=Flagstaff, Arizona |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/arizona-daily-sun-may-27-1976-p-12/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |archive-date=2022-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114221712/https://newspaperarchive.com/arizona-daily-sun-may-27-1976-p-12/ |url-status=live }}
In 1976, proposals were put forward for a new subdivision in the area, called Cosnino Equestrian Estates.{{Cite news |date=1976-02-23 |title=3 Rezonings on Planners' Agenda |pages=10 |work=Arizona Daily Sun |location=Flagstaff, Arizona |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/arizona-daily-sun-feb-23-1976-p-10/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |archive-date=2022-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114213007/https://newspaperarchive.com/arizona-daily-sun-feb-23-1976-p-10/ |url-status=live }} The Cosnino Estates area was evacuated in 1988 after a train derailed near Cosnino Road.{{Cite web |last=Hendricks |first=Larry |date=November 18, 2000 |title=Just move the tracks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/517104779/ |publisher=Arizona Daily Sun |location=Flagstaff, Arizona |access-date=January 13, 2020 |archive-date=January 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113045318/https://www.newspapers.com/image/517104779/ |url-status=live }}
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