Maricopa’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Maricopa. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The settlement currently known as Maricopa has been located in three different places with three previous names: Maricopa Wells, Maricopaville and Maricopa Junction; the latter gradually became known as Maricopa. It began as an oasis around a series of watering holes eight miles north of present-day Maricopa, and about a mile west of Pima Butte. European-American traders and travelers called it Maricopa Wells. Several of Arizona's rivers, the Gila, Santa Cruz, Vekol and Santa Rosa, provided this oasis in the desert with an ample supply of water during this time.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Maricopa’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maricopa’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewArizona, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Maricopa
See all 2 →Maricopa, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Arizona (1900) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.