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Kofa, Arizona

Coordinates: 32°52′55″N 113°38′48″W / 32.88194°N 113.64667°W / 32.88194; -113.64667
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Kofa, Arizona
Kofa is located in Arizona
Kofa
Kofa
Location within the state of Arizona
Kofa is located in the United States
Kofa
Kofa
Kofa (the United States)
Coordinates: 32°52′55″N 113°38′48″W / 32.88194°N 113.64667°W / 32.88194; -113.64667
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyYuma
Elevation390 ft (119 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)
Area code928
FIPS code04-38390
GNIS feature ID24482

Kofa, also historically known as Kofa Station, is a populated place situated in Yuma County, Arizona, United States.[2] It is located in the northern San Cristobal Valley, along the Union Pacific Railroad's Roll Industrial Lead.

The town, like the nearby hills of the same name, was derived from the acronym for "King of Arizona", which had been coined by Colonel Eugene Ives. Ives had purchased a nearby mine from Charles Eichelberg for $250,000, which he named the King of Arizona Mine. A post office was established in the town in 1900, with Lewis W. Alexander as its postmaster.[3] It has an estimated elevation of 390 feet (120 m) above sea level.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Feature Detail Report for: Kofa". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Kofa (in Yuma County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  3. ^ Barnes, Will Croft (2016). Arizona Place Names. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. p. 236. ISBN 978-0816534951.
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  • Kofa – Ghost Town of the Month at azghosttowns.com