Maricopa Wells, Arizona, was a series of watering holes, in the Sierra Estrella, eight miles north of present day Maricopa, Arizona and about a mile west of Pima Butte. This watering place was called Maricopa Wells by travelers on the Southern Immigrant Trail who used it as a stoppng place on the trail. It later becamee a settlement growing around the location of the large stage station for the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line and Butterfield Overland Mail and for later stage companies until the advent of the railroad. It was at one time the main military telegraph post for all of Arizona Territory. It was abandoned after the arrival of the railroad.