Cherry is a mining
ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
in central
Yavapai County
Yavapai County ( ) is a county near the center of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, its population was 236,209, making it the fourth-most populous county in Arizona. The county seat is Prescott.
Yavapai County comprises the Pr ...
,
Arizona
Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...
, United States, between
Dewey and
Camp Verde.
History
Cherry's post office was established March 3, 1884, and discontinued March 15, 1943. Notable mines in the area include the Federal, Bunker, Sunnybrook, Logan and Gold Bullion mines. About 400 people lived and worked in Cherry during its prime. At present, Cherry is a small retirement and vacation-home community. A number of the original buildings are still in use. The Cherry
cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...
has several graves from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Education
It is in the
Humboldt Unified School District.
[ - Indicates locations of unincorporated areas.]
References
External links
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Cherry– Ghost Town of the Month at azghosttowns.com
Cherry photo galleryCherry USGS topographic map, at TopoQuestThe Story of Cherry, Arizonao
Cherry Firewebsite
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1884 establishments in Arizona Territory
Former populated places in Yavapai County, Arizona
Ghost towns in Arizona
Mining communities in Arizona