Place:Tortilla Flat, Maricopa, Arizona, United States

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NameTortilla Flat
Alt namesTortilla Flat Resortsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS4023094
Tortillita Flatsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS4023094
Tortolitas Flatsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS4023094
Tortollita Flatsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS4023094
TypeTown
Coordinates33.517°N 111.383°W
Located inMaricopa, Arizona, United States
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Tortilla Flat is a small unincorporated community in far eastern Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. It is located in the central part of the state, northeast of Apache Junction. It is the last surviving stagecoach stop along the Apache Trail. According to the Gross Management Department of Arizona's main U.S. Post Office in Phoenix, Tortilla Flat is presumed to be Arizona's smallest official "community" having a U.S. Post Office and voting precinct. The town has a population of 6. Tortilla Flat can be reached by vehicles on the Apache Trail (State Route 88), via Apache Junction.

Originally a camping ground for the prospectors who searched for gold in the Superstition Mountains in the mid-to-late 19th century, Tortilla Flat was later a freight camp for the construction of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. From this time (1904) on, Tortilla Flat has had a small (less than 100 people) but continuous population. A flood in 1942 badly damaged the town, resulting in many residents moving away. Today Tortilla Flat is owned and operated by Alvin Ross, a farmer from Indiana who purchased the town in 1998. The town is made up primarily of a country store, a saloon (bar/restaurant), a mercantile/gift shop, and a small museum. Most of these were constructed in the late 1980s after a fire consumed the existing store, restaurant and motel on the same site; the mercantile/gift shop was built in 2009.

Several hiking trails into the Superstition Mountains begin near Tortilla Flat.

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