Green Valley
"In Sec. 3 T. 10 N., R. 11 E. Valley and  stream about 14 miles northeast of Payson, below Promontory butte. Flows northeast into Tonto Creek, "Originally a lovely grass covered 'cinega' or meadow surrounded by timbered hills. The valley north of Payson was first called Big Green Valley , being the larger of the two. Naturally the smaller was called Little Green Valley." Croxen. "William Burch and John Hood were the first settlers in Green Valley in 1876. They built a small stockade house at forks of creek. Creek went dry and they moved to the spring at its head." Letter, I.M. House, Mesa. See Payson"

Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1997
P. 249

"In the early 1960s a retirement village was begun at this location and named descriptively because of its overlooking agriculture in the valley. By 1982 it had developed into a sizable retirees' community."

Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona's names : X marks the place Falconer Pub. Co. : distributed by Treasure Chest Publications, c1983. P. 278

Websites

Arizona Department of Commerce Community Profiles- Green Valley, Arizona
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/commasst/comm/grnvly.pdf

The Arizonan.com Green Valley, Arizona
http://www.arizonan.com/GreenValley/

Conrad Joyner-Green Valley Branch Library
601 North La Cañada Drive • Green Valley, AZ 85614 • (520) 625-8660
http://www.lib.ci.tucson.az.us/greenvly.htm
 

Books/Manuscripts found in the ASU Library Catalog

This is Green Valley. [Edited by George A. Clizbe and others.
F819.G74 T45

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