This town was included in construction of a special precipitation-flotation installation by the Ray Mines Division of the Kennecott Company in 1958, with a community to house plant workers and their families. The town is named for General John Stephen Watts Kearny, who crossed Arizona and passed near this spot in November 1846. The Parke 1851 map shows his route. PO Est March 16, 1959, Mrs. Lena Johnson PM."
Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona's names : X marks the place Falconer Pub. Co. : distributed by Treasure Chest Publications, c1983. P. 340
Websites
Arizona Department of Commerce Community Profiles Kearny, Arizona
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/commasst/comm/kearny.pdf
Kearny, Arizona
http://enws347.eas.asu.edu/~nebeker/kearny.html
Kearny, Arizona History
http://www.geocities.com/~zybt/kehist.htm
The Arizonan.com Kearny
http://www.arizonan.com/Kearny/
Arthur E. Pomeroy Library
P.O. Box 220 912-A Tilbury Road Kearny, AZ 85237
520-363-5861
Books/Manuscripts
History of Kearney [sic], Arizona, police department / by Stan &
Connie Benjamin.
HV8148.K43
B4x 1998
John W. Galbreath Development Corporation. Records, 1957-1976 [manuscript]
MS
FM MSS 22
CE EPH DTO-KEARNY.1
Biography of Stephen Watts Kearny
Last Updated: July 18, 2002
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