Place:Yuma, Arizona, United States

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NameYuma
Alt namesCastle Dome Countysource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS4036284
Dona Ana Countysource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS4036284
Yumasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates33°N 114°W
Located inArizona, United States     (1864 - )
See alsoArizona, Arizona, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
La Paz, Arizona, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Desert Lawn Cemetery
Yuma Pioneer Cemetery
Census-designated place
Fortuna Foothills
Gadsden
Tacna
Inhabited place
Araby
Asher
Aztec
Bouse
Brenda
Bush Pit
Castle Dome Landing
Cibola
Cienega Springs
Cocopah Indian Reservation
Crane
Dateland
Desert Wells
Dome
Ehrenberg
Engesser Junction
Fishers Landing
Gladden
Harcuvar
Hope
Horn
Hyder
Kim
Kool Corner
Laguna
Ligurta
McVay
Midway
Nommel Place
Norton
Nortons Landing
Owl
Palomas
Pioneer
Planet
Plomosa
Poston
Quartzsite
Roll
Salome
San Luis
Somerton
Steam
Swansea
Tanque Aloma
Utting
Vicksburg
Wellton
Wenden
Yuma ( 1854 - )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Yuma County is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2010 census, its population was 195,751. The county seat is Yuma.

Yuma County includes the Yuma, Arizona Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The county borders three states: Sonora, Mexico, to the south, and two other states to the west, across the Colorado River: California of the United States and the Mexican state of Baja California.

Being 63.8% Hispanic in 2020, Yuma is Arizona's largest majority-Hispanic county.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1864 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1864 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1864 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1864 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1864 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1888 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1990 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1870 1,621
1880 3,215
1890 2,671
1900 4,145
1910 7,733
1920 14,904
1930 17,816
1940 19,326
1950 28,006
1960 46,235
1970 60,827
1980 90,554
1990 106,895

Note: La Paz County (1980 pop. 12,557) was formed from Yuma County in 1983.

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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Yuma County, Arizona, United States

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