Youngberg, Arizona
Populated place
Goldfield Ghost Town in Youngberg,December 2015
Goldfield Ghost Town in Youngberg,
December 2015
Youngberg is located in Arizona
Youngberg
Youngberg
Location within the state of Arizona
Youngberg is located in the United States
Youngberg
Youngberg
Youngberg (the United States)
Coordinates: 33°27′32″N 111°29′14″W / 33.45889°N 111.48722°W / 33.45889; -111.48722
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyPinal
Elevation
[1]
2,024 ft (617 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)
Area code480
FIPS code04-28240
GNIS feature ID29401

Youngberg is a populated place situated in Pinal County, Arizona, United States.[2]

History

Originally called Goldfield due to the nearby gold mines, The Goldfield Post Office was established on October 7, 1893, with James L Patterson as its first Postmaster.[3] This was the same year that George U. Young arrived. After his arrival, the community also became known as Youngsberg.

After a mining accident at his Goldfield mining operation, Young experienced a severe decline in his health, starting from about 1920 on, and in late 1925 he was rendered an invalid.[4] He died from apparent apoplexy on November 26, 1926, at his vacation home near the Derby Mine.[5] He was cremated and his remains interred at Phoenix's Greenwood/Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery.[4]

When the gold mines closed in 1897 the post office soon followed in 1898.[3][6] The town depopulated, before a new small community developed, and became known under its current name, which was in honor of Young, who was the Secretary for the Arizona Territory from 1909 to 1910. The Youngberg Post Office opened in 1920, and remained until 1926. It has an estimated elevation of 2,024 feet (617 m) above sea level.[1]

Goldfield Ghost Town mine entrance
Mine adjacent to Goldfield Ghost Town

See also

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Youngberg
  2. ↑ "Youngberg (in Pinal County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Granger, Byrd H., Arizona's Names (X Marks the Place). Tucson: The Falconer Publishing Company, 1983. p. 692
  4. 1 2 Goff 1988, p. 74.
  5. ↑ "George Young Dies Suddenly at Derby Mine". Prescott Evening Courier. November 26, 1926. p. 1.
  6. ↑ "Pinal County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 16, 2014.

Bibliography

  • Goff, John S. (1988). Arizona Territorial Officials Volume IV: The Secretaries, United States Attorneys, Marshals, Surveyors General, and Superintendents of Indian Affairs, 1863–1912. Cave Creek, Arizona: Black Mountain Press. OCLC 20054492.

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