GILA CITY

NAME: Gila City
COUNTY: Yuma
ROADS: 4WD
LEGAL INFO: T8S, R21W
CLIMATE: Mild winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter, fall, spring
COMMENTS: Not worth the trip.
REMAINS: Nothing
Gila City's post office was established December 24, 1858 and discontinued July 14, 1863. Destroyed by a flood in 1862, Gila City at one time had over 1200 residents. Located on the Gila river, Gila City was one of the first boom towns in Arizona. Its life was short lived as the mines and Placer gold played out, but for a short time it was quite a town. Today, nothing is left of the site.

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