A reservation for the Maricopa Indians was established on February 28, 1859, on the Gila River, the area being enlarged by various executive orders thereafter. No treaty was ever made with the Maricopa or Pima Indians, the having always been friendly toward the white men.

The county seat of Maricopa is Phoenix, the state's largest city, also the site of the Arizona State Capitol. Maricopa County is a rich agricultural district, irrigated in large part by the waters of the Salt River impounded in Roosevelt Lake, Apache Lake, and Canyon Lake. A number of mountain ranges cross the country. The area of the county is 5,904,640 acres."

Barnes, Will C.; Granger, Byrd (ed.) Arizona Place Names University of Arizona Press. 1960.
P. 174.

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Websites

County Profile-Arizona Department of Commerce
http://www.commerce.state.az.us/pdf/county/Maricopa.pdf

Arizonan.com- Maricopa County
http://www.arizonan.com/MaricopaCounty/

Local Government Website
http://www.maricopa.gov/

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Cities of County

Aguila
Ak-Chin Village
Apache Junction
Avondale
Buckeye
Carefree
Cave Creek
Chandler
El Mirage
Fountain Hills
Gilbert
Goodyear
Glendale
Guadalupe
Litchfield Park
Mesa
Paradise Valley
Peoria
Phoenix-County Seat/Capital
Queen Creek
Scottsdale
Sun Lakes
Surprise
Sun City
Tempe
Tolleson
Tonopah
Wickenburg
Youngtown

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Go to Arizona Archives and Historical Societies/Foundations for historical organizations in or about the area.

Maricopa County Library District
http://www.maricopa.gov/library/

Phoenix Public Library District
http://www.ci.phoenix.az.us/library.html
 

Books/Manuscripts found in the ASU Library Catalog

The creation of Maricopa County / by Vincent Smith Murray.
LD179.145 1998 .M87

The Commercial history of Maricopa County, Arizona, The Baby State / [A. Geo. Daws, compiler].
HC107 .A6 C6x

The bench and the bar : a history of Maricopa County's legal profession / by Earl Zarbin ;pictorial research by Miriam Davidson ; "Spotlight on legal sponsors" by Skip Bryant and Peggy Bryant.
KF355.M32 Z37 1991

Bartlett Dam, Verde River, Phoenix vicinity, Maricopa County, Arizona : photographs,written historical and descriptive data / by David M. Introcaso.
TC557.A7 B365x

Apache Trail, 1916-1991 : the wonder trip through oldest America / rephotography by  William C. Packard ; vintage photographs by H.C. Tibbitts ; essay by Richard Pearce-Moses.
F812 .P33x 1991

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