"In section 7, T. 20 S., R 13 E. Station on Tucson-Nogales branch of S.P.R.R. 37 miles  south of Tucson in Santa Cruz Valley. Named for prominent Spanish pioneer family (Manuel H. Amado) that lived here and ran many cattle on the range. Railroad station opened about 1910. Post office established as Amadoville June 17, 1919, Manuel H. Amado, Post Master. Changed to Amado February 27, 1920.

Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1997. P. 17

Websites

Arizonan.com-Amado
http://www.arizonan.com/Amado/Index.html

Amado Territorial Inn
http://www.amado-territory-inn.com/

Green Valley News & Sun
http://www.gvnews.com/
 

Sites to See

Whipple Observatory
http://linmax.sao.arizona.edu/help/FLWO/whipple.html
 

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