Congress, Arizona
Congress, Arizona | ||
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FIPS code 04-15220 | | |
GNIS feature ID | 0003172 |
Congress (aka Old Congress) is a
History
Gold was discovered at the Congress Mine in 1884. By 1893, the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway passed within three miles of the mine, at Congress Junction. Congress boomed, and remained prosperous until the mid-1930s, when the mines closed. Total gold production at the Congress Mine exceeded $8 million, at the then-current price of $20.67 per ounce – or about $400 million, at the 2007 price.[3]
The post office moved to Congress Junction in 1938, where it remains. The community now known as Congress is the old Congress Junction. Little remains at the original mining-camp townsite. The old Congress Cemetery is nearby.[4][5]
Geography
Congress is located at 34°8′46″N 112°50′48″W / 34.14611°N 112.84667°W (34.146068, -112.846533).[6]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 37.7 square miles (98 km2), of which 37.6 square miles (97 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (0.08%) is water.
Climate
According to the
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 1,811 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census[8] |
At the 2020 census, there were 1,811 people and 801 households residing in Congress. The population density was 47.9 per square mile. There were 1,166 housing units at an average density of 30.9 per square mile.[2]
The racial makeup of the CDP was 86.7%
There were 801 households, of which 11.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.2% were married couples living together, 17.9% had a male householder with no spouse present, 14.0% had a female householder with no spouse present. The average household size was 2.09 and the average family size was 2.57.[2]
13.3% of the population were under the age of 18, 3.6% from 18 to 24, 13.3% from 25 to 44, 32.1% from 45 to 64, and 37.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 68.3 years.[2]
The
Education
Government and infrastructure
The Congress Post Office, of the United States Postal Service, opened in 2001.[10]
Gallery
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Porterlocomotive #873, in service near Congress in the early 1900s.
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Congress residents on an excursion to Phoenix, c. 1905.
See also
- Date Creek Mountains
- Stanton, Arizona
- Little Miss Nobody case– Sharon Lee Gallegos (1955–1960) whose murdered body was found in Congress
References
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Congress CDP, Arizona". United States Census Bureau. 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
- ^ "Sharlot Hall Museum archives". Archived from the original on October 13, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2008.
- LCCN 79-91724.
- ISBN 978-0914846109.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ Climate Summary for Congress, Arizona
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "District". Congress Elementary School District. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
External links
- Media related to Congress, Arizona at Wikimedia Commons
- Congress ghost town, includes photo gallery