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Cornville
"First called "The Pitchner Place." Post Office and settlement near the mouth of Oak Creek. "At a meeting of Verde Valley pioneers, one of them said it was the intention to name it Cohnville, for a family named Cohn that lived there. When the papers came back from Washington, they had read it Cornville, so the setlers accepted the name." Letter, L.J. Putsch Forest Ranger

Old settlers say the first Post Master was George A. Kingston, appointed July 9, 1885. Post office records at Washington however show that the Post Office was established May 11, 1887, Samuel C. Dickinson Post Master.

Barnes, Will C. Arizona Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1997. P. 111

Websites

Cornville/Page Springs Community Association
http://www.cornville.org/
 

Newspapers

Verde Valley Independant
http://www.sedonaverdevalley.com/verdevalleynews/

Books/Manuscripts

Cottonwood, Clarkdale and Cornville history
F819 .C64 C6x 1984
 

Items on the Arizona and Southwest Index

Cornville, Arizona
CE EPH DTO-CORNVILLE

Newsclippings Cornville Drug-Reform-Farm
CE EPH VM-10

Rock of Ages
FE EPH A-163

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Last Updated: July 15, 2002
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