Paradise, Arizona | |
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)  Paradise, Arizona Location in the state of Arizona ) Paradise, Arizona Paradise, Arizona (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 31°56′5″N 109°13′8″W / 31.93472°N 109.21889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Cochise |
| Founded | 1901 |
| Abandoned | 1943 |
| Elevation | 5,482 ft (1,671 m) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 5 |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST (no DST)) |
| Post Office opened | October 23, 1901 |
| Post Office closed | September 30, 1943 |
| GNIS feature ID | 9192 |
Paradise is a ghost town in Cochise County in the U.S. state of Arizona. The town was settled in 1901 in what was then the Arizona Territory.
History
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In 1901 the Chiricahua Development Company located a vein of ore here. A post office was established on October 23, 1901, and at its peak, the town had saloons, general stores, a jail and a hotel. The town was essentially abandoned when the local mines failed, and the post office closed on September 30, 1943.[2][3] However, a few residents remained. In June 2011, there were five permanent residents and 29 standing structures[4] when the Horseshoe 2 Fire swept through the area.[5]
Geography
Paradise is located 5.7 miles west (up-mountain) from Portal, Arizona, and is surrounded by Coronado National Forest land.[1]
In popular culture
A fictional town named Paradise in Arizona is the main setting of the video game Postal 2. The town is destroyed by a nuclear explosion at the end of the game. However, the town in Postal 2 is actually based on Bisbee, Arizona, as confirmed by one of the developers.[6]
See also
- American Old West
- History of Arizona
- List of ghost towns in Arizona
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Paradise
- ^ Sherman, James E.; Barbara H. Sherman (1969). "Paradise". Ghost Towns of Arizona (First ed.). University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 114–115. ISBN 0-8061-0843-6.
- ^ Granger, Byrd H. (1970) Arizona Place Names, Tucson: University of Arizona Press
- ^ Southwest Incident Management Team (21 May 2011) "Emergency Bulletin: Horseshoe Two Fire Update; Precautionary Evacuation Remains in Effect" Arizona Emergency Information Network (AzEIN)
- ^ Rocky Basin Type-2 Incident Management Team (10 June 2011) "Emergency Bulletin: Horseshoe Two Fire 40 Percent Contained; Winds Expected from Southwest" Arizona Emergency Information Network (AzEIN)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-30. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
Further reading
- Alden Hayes, A Portal to Paradise, University of Arizona Press (1999), ISBN 0-8165-2144-1