Higley, Arizona
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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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|subdivision_name2 = Maricopa
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|timezone = Mountain (MST)
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Higley was an unincorporated community in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. Higley's ZIP code was 85236 until 2007, when the U.S. Postal Service decided to abolish it for physical addresses,{{cite news |url=http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/article_a2b0d849-76e4-52ce-9639-7a3cd17bfebe.html |title=Higley's ZIP code identity gets zapped |publisher=East Valley Tribune |date=2007-06-06 |access-date=2012-11-10}} the 85236 ZIP code, however, remains in use for P.O. Box addresses at the Higley post office, located on Ray Road. {{As of|2010}}, almost all of Higley has been annexed into Gilbert or the neighboring cities of Mesa and Queen Creek. All that officially remains of Higley as an independent community is the school district, Higley Unified School District, however, some remaining commercial buildings in and around the original townsite are still standing and operate as small businesses.
Geography
Higley was located at {{coord|33|18|26|N|111|43|13|W|region:US_type:city}} (33.30729, -111.720314),{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}} in the vicinity of Higley Rd. and Williams Field Rd. The original townsite was on the southwest corner.
History
Higley was named after one of the community's first landowners, Stephen Weaver Higley, and originated as a plot of {{convert|40|acre|m2}} purchased in 1905–1906{{Cite web |url=http://www.queencreek.org/about/townhistory/StoryLinks/Higley.shtml |title=Higley - Town of Queen Creek |access-date=2006-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060914032456/http://www.queencreek.org/About/TownHistory/StoryLinks/Higley.shtml |archive-date=2006-09-14 |url-status=dead }} and platted in 1928.{{cite web |url=https://recorder.maricopa.gov/recdocdata/internetmaps/imapsdetail.aspx?Book=18&Page=49&imgType=TIF&maptype=PLAT |title=Plat Maps, Maricopa County Recorder|access-date=2023-06-04|date=1928-02-15}}
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External links
- [http://www.husd.org Higley Unified School District]
{{Maricopa County, Arizona}}
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Category:Former populated places in Maricopa County, Arizona