The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Hayden was founded in 1909 and owned by the Kennecott Copper Corp. In 1912, the company built a 1,000 ft (300 m) smelter named the "Hayden Smelter". It was the tallest smelter chimney in Arizona. The mine is now owned by the American Smelting and Refining Company. The town is now in the process of becoming a ghost town.
One of the main reasons the people are abandoning the town is that the crime rate is much higher in Hayden than the Arizona average crime rate. It is also much higher than the national average crime rate in the rest of the United States.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hayden’s history is told.
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Hayden, decade by decade
2000
CommonsWelcome to2019
CommonsHayden-Charred and derelict pits of former homes-22019
CommonsHayden-Charred and derelict pits of former homes-12019
CommonsCopper Basin Train at2015
CommonsGilliland img0572013
CommonsCBRy 505 dumping at HaydenxRP - Flickr - drewj19462010
CommonsAZ aug 10 046xRP - Flickr - drewj19462009Nothing in Hayden is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hayden has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Winkelman Bridge in Winkelman, 0.8 miles away.
Hayden and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (7). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.