Price, Arizona
| Price, Arizona | |
|---|---|
| Populated place | |
  Price  Price Location within the state of Arizona | |
| Coordinates: 33°05′44″N 111°13′56″W / 33.09556°N 111.23222°WCoordinates: 33°05′44″N 111°13′56″W / 33.09556°N 111.23222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Pinal |
| Elevation[1] | 1,581 ft (482 m) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MST (UTC-7) |
| Area code(s) | 520 |
| FIPS code | 04-57590 |
| GNIS feature ID | 24571 |
Named for William Price, a Florence merchant who supplied material to the railroad contractors or for B.S. Price, an employee of the Georgetisdale, the general contractor. A post office existed from 1909 to 1923
Price is a populated place situated in Pinal County, Arizona.[2] A post office by this name existed from 1909 until 1923. There were two people whose last name was Price associated with this location at the time it was named, William Price and B.S. Price. The former was a merchant in nearby Florence, Arizona, who supplied material for the contractors building the railroad, while the latter was an employee of those contractors. This location was named for one of these two individuals. It has an estimated elevation of 1,581 feet (482 m) above sea level.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Feature Detail Report for: Price". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ "Price (in Pinal County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
