Brigham City, Arizona
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Brigham City is a ghost town
in Navajo County
, Arizona
, United States
. Founded by Latter-day Saints
near the present city of Winslow
in 1876, it was three miles north of Winslow's current city center along the Little Colorado River
. It was organized as a Latter-Day Saints ward in 1878, but by 1881 it had been abandoned.
Twenty Mormon families and fifteen bachelors from Salt Lake City settled the area, and built homes inside protective walls originally measuring 200 feet (61 m) long and 7 feet (2.1 m) high. Flash flooding led to crop failures that washed away the dams and irrigation systems caused the abandonment of the town by 1881.
The US Census listed its population as 191 in 1880.
Brigham City was added to the National Register of Historic Places
as of June 9, 1978, and the remnants are currently undergoing restoration. Thirty-seven of the community's buildings remained sufficiently well preserved to qualify as contributing properties
when the community was designated a historic site in 1978.
Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
in Navajo County
Navajo County, Arizona
-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*49.3% White*0.9% Black*43.4% Native American*0.5% Asian*0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*2.5% Two or more races*3.3% Other races*10.8% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
, Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Founded by Latter-day Saints
Latter Day Saint movement
The Latter Day Saint movement is a group of independent churches tracing their origin to a Christian primitivist movement founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. in the late 1820s. Collectively, these churches have over 14 million members...
near the present city of Winslow
Winslow, Arizona
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 9,520 people, 2,754 households, and 1,991 families residing in the city. The population density was 773.1 people per square mile . There were 3,198 housing units at an average density of 259.7 per square mile...
in 1876, it was three miles north of Winslow's current city center along the Little Colorado River
Little Colorado River
The Little Colorado River is a river in the U.S. state of Arizona, providing the principal drainage from the Painted Desert region. Together with its major tributary, the Puerco River, it drains an area of about in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico...
. It was organized as a Latter-Day Saints ward in 1878, but by 1881 it had been abandoned.
Twenty Mormon families and fifteen bachelors from Salt Lake City settled the area, and built homes inside protective walls originally measuring 200 feet (61 m) long and 7 feet (2.1 m) high. Flash flooding led to crop failures that washed away the dams and irrigation systems caused the abandonment of the town by 1881.
The US Census listed its population as 191 in 1880.
Brigham City was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
as of June 9, 1978, and the remnants are currently undergoing restoration. Thirty-seven of the community's buildings remained sufficiently well preserved to qualify as contributing properties
Contributing property
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing resource or contributing property is any building, structure, or object which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic district, listed locally or federally, significant...
when the community was designated a historic site in 1978.