Cochran, Arizona

Ghost town in Pinal County

Ghost town in Arizona, United States

33°06′34″N 111°08′59″W / 33.10944°N 111.14972°W / 33.10944; -111.14972CountryUnited StatesStateArizonaCountyPinalFounded1905Abandoned1915Named forJohn S. Cochran, first postmaster^[1]Elevation

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1,640 ft (500 m)Population

(2009)

• Total0Time zoneUTC-7 (MST (no DST))Post Office openedJanuary 3, 1905Post Office closedJanuary 15, 1915

Cochran is a ghost town in Pinal County in the U.S. state of Arizona. The town was settled in 1905, in what was then the Arizona Territory.

History

Named after its first postmaster, John S. Cochran, the small mining camp also served as a stop on the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway. The post office was established on January 3, 1905, and was discontinued on January 15, 1915. At its peak, the population was approximately 100, and housed a general store and a boardinghouse, among other establishments.^[1]

Apart from a few building foundations in the town center, and the railroad tracks at the edge of the now-abandoned town site, Cochran's last (and most notable) remains are five largely intact beehive coke ovens across the Gila River at Butte, Arizona.

The Coke Ovens are on a 189-acre section of private property; visitation is not allowed.

Geography

Cochran is located about 15 miles (24 km) east of Florence, Arizona at 33°06′34″N 111°08′59″W / 33.10944°N 111.14972°W / 33.10944; -111.14972.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Sherman, James E.; Barbara H. Sherman (1969). "Cochran". Ghost Towns of Arizona (First ed.). University of Oklahoma Press. p. 35. ISBN 0-8061-0843-6.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cochran