Saint Michaels, Arizona
| St. Michaels, Arizona | |
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| Census-designated place | |
 Location in Apache County and the state of Arizona |
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 St. Michaels, Arizona
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| Coordinates: 35°39′45″N 109°5′42″W / 35.66250°N 109.09500°WCoordinates: 35°39′45″N 109°5′42″W / 35.66250°N 109.09500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Apache |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.82 sq mi (9.89 km2) |
| • Land | 3.82 sq mi (9.89 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 6,740 ft (2,054 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,443 |
| • Estimate (2016) | N/A |
| Time zone | MST (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 86511 |
| FIPS code | 04-62420 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0010723 |
St. Michaels (Navajo: Tsʼíhootso) is a chapter of the Navajo Nation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The Navajo Nation Government Campus is located within the chapter at Window Rock.
The population was 1,443 at the 2010 census.
St. Michaels is located at 35°39′45″N 109°5′42″W / 35.66250°N 109.09500°W (35.662418, -109.094957) on the eastern boundary of the Defiance Plateau. The community is located on the west side of the Black Creek Valley and Black Creek, a north tributary to the southwest-flowing Rio Puerco.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.8 square miles (9.9 km2), all of it land.
The St. Michaels area is referred to as Ts'ithootso in the Navajo language and translates to "area that extends out in yellow and green." The microclimate was originally referred to by its Spanish translation Cienega Amarilla (Spanish: "yellow meadow") describing the late summer yellow flowers and grass. The area was first noted by the U.S. military in 1850 when Lt. James Harvey Simpson named it Sieneguilla de Maria.
In the 1850s a planned ambush against local Navajos was thwarted by a man who went on to become a signatory to the Navajo Treaty of 1868. Delgadito (Chách'oshnééz ((“Tall Syphilis”)) successfully alerted Navajos preparing for a prisoner exchange with Mexican slave-holders.
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