Page Springs, Arizona
| Cornville, Arizona | |
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| CDP | |
Cornville in 2005
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 Location in Yavapai County and the state of Arizona |
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 Cornville, Arizona
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| Coordinates: 34°42′58″N 111°54′36″W / 34.71611°N 111.91000°WCoordinates: 34°42′58″N 111°54′36″W / 34.71611°N 111.91000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Yavapai |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13.16 sq mi (34.08 km2) |
| • Land | 13.16 sq mi (34.08 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,225 ft (983 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,280 |
| • Estimate (2016) | N/A |
| Time zone | MST (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 86325 |
| Area code(s) | 928 |
| FIPS code | 04-15920 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0027961 |
Cornville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The population as of the United States 2010 Census was 3280 down from 3,335 at the 2000 census. The Cornville CDP includes the communities of Cornville and Page Springs.
Cornville and Page Springs are rapidly growing suburban areas that serve as bedroom communities for nearby Sedona and Cottonwood. Both communities are located along Oak Creek, a tributary of the Verde River. Lower Oak Creek has been designated an Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society. Page Springs hosts a large fish hatchery operated by the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Adjacent to the hatchery are creekside hiking trails and bird-watching areas.
Cornville's best known resident is U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican Presidential candidate John McCain. McCain's home in the community, referred to in the media as his "Sedona Cabin," is where he and his running-mate, Alaska governor Sarah Palin, prepared for their debates.
Cornville has a Greater Cornville Community Association, which meets monthly.
The Cornville area, particularly above and below the Cornville Bridge on Oak Creek, was well settled by the Sinagua. The Sinagua had disappeared from the abandoned buildings at nearby Montezuma Castle National Monument by the early 15th century. Some Hopi clans claim descent from these Sinagua.
The earliest recorded written history of the area finds it occupied by the Yavapai people. Spanish explorer Antonio de Espejo passed through what is now Cornville on May 7 or 8, 1583, on his way to what would later become Jerome, Arizona. The Yavapai were quite friendly with the explorers, apparently regarding them as supernatural or godlike. Later expeditions over the next 25 years entered the region but with increasing hostility from the Native American peoples which may stem in part from the advent of the Apache and Navajo people in the region. Failure to find mineral resources profitably extractable according to the standards of the day, and the distance from other Spanish settlements caused the Spaniards to cease exploration of the area.
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