Sun Valley is a populated place in
Navajo County
Navajo County () is a county in the northern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, its population was 106,717. The county seat is Holbrook.
Navajo County comprises the Show Low, Arizona Micropolitan Statistical Area.
N ...
,
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, east of
Holbrook along
Interstate 40
Interstate 40 (I-40) is a major east–west transcontinental Interstate Highway System, Interstate Highway in the Southeastern United States, southeastern and Southwestern United States, southwestern portions of the United States. At a leng ...
. It is located in the
Painted Desert and covers an area of 31.6 square miles.
History
"Sun Valley has always been a sleepy community along the old western highway of Old Route 66 and the newer Interstate 40. Not much is known about the settlement and how its roots began as a community, but it has and still remains largely rural and sparsely populated. Cattle Ranching has been one of the largest agricultural activity in the area. There are still some large tracts or ranch land around Sun Valley and cattle roam the open range of the landscape."
Demographics
As of the census
of 2010, there were 316 people, 88 households, and 56 families residing in Sun Valley.
Education
It is in the
Holbrook Unified School District
Holbrook Unified School District is a school district based in Holbrook, Arizona, United States. Currently it is one of the highest paying school districts in Navajo County.
Holbrook USD serves the majority of the city of Holbrook and several ...
.
The zoned high school is
Holbrook High School.
References
External linksSun Valley AZ Community Website
{{Navajo County, Arizona
Populated places in Navajo County, Arizona