Arizona, Louisiana

Arizona is an unincorporated community in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, in the United States.[1]

History

Arizona was founded in the 1860s.[2] It was named after the Arizona Territory.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arizona, Louisiana
  2. ↑ Harris, D. W. (1886). The History of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: From Its Incorporation in 1828 to the Close of the Year 1885, with Sketches of Pioneer Life in North Louisiana ... Also the Muster and Death Rolls of Her Sons in the Late Bloody War ... Press of W.B. Stansbury & Company. p. 119.
  3. ↑ Leeper, Clare D'Artois (19 October 2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. LSU Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-8071-4740-5.
  4. ↑ "Towns named after states". Reading Eagle. Jul 2, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2015.

Coordinates: 32°47′21″N 92°57′28″W / 32.78917°N 92.95778°W / 32.78917; -92.95778


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