Achi, Arizona

Ghost town in Arizona, United States

32°20′40″N 112°00′53″W / 32.34444°N 112.01472°W / 32.34444; -112.01472CountryUnited StatesStateArizonaCountyPimaElevation

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1,759 ft (536 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)Area code520FIPS code04-00135GNIS feature ID24292

Achi was a small, permanent village on the Tohono Oʼodham Reservation, in Pima County, Arizona United States.^[2]^[3]^[4] It has an estimated elevation of 1,759 feet (536 m) above sea level. As of 2019, there appeared to no longer be any residents or buildings in the village, thus classifying it as a ghost town. The site is approximately one mile northeast of the CDP limits of Santa Rosa. The name "Achi" derives from the Papago word for "ridge."^[3]

References

^ "Feature Detail Report for: Achi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Achi (in Pima County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Barnes, Will C. (1960). Arizona Place Names. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press. p. 257. LCCN 59063657.
^ Place Names on the Papago, Gila Bend and San Xavier Indian Reservations, Volume 2. U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs. 1941. p. 5.