Truxton, Arizona
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Truxton, Arizona
|settlement_type = Census-designated place
|image_skyline = Bell Gas sign, Truxton, Arizona LCCN2010630194.tif
|image_caption = Bell Gas sign, Truxton, Arizona
|image_map = File:Mohave County Arizona Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Truxton Highlighted 0475590.svg
|map_caption = Location in Mohave County, Arizona
|pushpin_map = Arizona#USA
|pushpin_label = Truxton
|pushpin_label_position = left
|pushpin_map_caption =
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_name1 = Arizona
|subdivision_name2 = Mohave
|government_footnotes =
|government_type =
|established_title =
|established_date =
|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_total_km2 = 9.90
|area_total_sq_mi = 3.83
|area_land_km2 = 9.77
|area_water_km2 = 0.13
|area_land_sq_mi = 3.77
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.05
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 104
|population_density_sq_mi = 27.56
|population_density_km2 = 10.64
|utc_offset = -7
|coordinates = {{coord|35|29|13|N|113|33|39|W|type:city_region:US-AZ|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_ft = 4315
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 04-75590
|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank1_info = 2582883{{GNIS|2582883}}
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Truxton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mohave County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 104 at the 2020 census, down from 134 in 2010.{{cite web|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files - Places: New Mexico|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2010_place_list_04.txt|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=February 26, 2017}}
History and location
Truxton is in eastern Mohave County, along Arizona State Route 66, former U.S. Route 66. It is {{convert|41|mi}} northeast of Kingman, the county seat, and {{convert|45|mi}} west of Seligman.
The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad section across northern Arizona was built in the early 1880s, and later acquired by the Santa Fe (now BNSF Railway), and included a stop at Truxton. The name comes from Truxton Springs, found by Edward Fitzgerald Beale when surveying and a laying wagon road through Arizona in 1857-58, see Beale's Wagon Road. "Truxtun" (slightly different spelling) was a family name; his son was Truxtun Beale, and his mother's maiden name was Emily Truxtun, a daughter of Thomas Truxtun.
Modern Truxton began to grow in 1951 when a few people moved in on Route 66, just northeast of the railstop, in anticipation of the building of the proposed Bridge Canyon Dam which would be nearby and would generate commerce. Though the dam was never built, business grew from Route 66 traffic coming through the very sparsely populated area.Branning, Debe. [https://books.google.com/books?id=1SY-EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT131 Arizona's Haunted Route 66], p. 131 (2021) When Interstate 40 opened in 1978 and bypassed this stretch of U.S. 66, it greatly reduced traffic and commerce in Truxton.(March 11, 1979). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50200961/trux/ Nobody bets on Truxton], Arizona RepublicDaniels, Steve (March 23, 1987). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16373962/ Route 66 revival], Arizona Republic
Education
The Valentine Elementary School District, which contains Truxton,{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st04_az/schooldistrict_maps/c04015_mohave/DC20SD_C04015.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Mohave County, AZ|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=January 24, 2022}} has its single K-8 school in Truxton. The school has been there since 1969, and was previously in Valentine.{{cite web|url=https://www.valentineaz.net/page/about|title=About Valentine Elementary|publisher=Valentine Elementary School District|accessdate=January 24, 2022}} - The address states "Peach Springs, AZ" but the school, as per the page, is in Truxton.
Demographics
{{US Census population
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|2010= 134
|2020= 104
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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References
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{{Mohave County, Arizona}}
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