Cosnino, Arizona

Cosnino is a populated place situated in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, located several miles east of Flagstaff, the county seat.^[2]

Geography

It has an estimated elevation of 6,466 feet (1,971 m) above sea level, ^[1] and lies in the Rio de Flag drainage basin.^[3]

History

By 1893, Cosnino was a railroad siding on the Santa Fe railroad. Two trains collided east of Cosnino in October 1893.^[4]

Cosnino was the site of a

The Cosnino community club was active in the 1910s[6] and 1920s.^[7]

A schoolhouse was built in Cosnino in 1924. The Cosnino school was a one-room schoolhouse built one mile from the highway on Walnut Canyon Road, in what the Coconino Sun called "an ideal setting for a rural school".^[8] The Cosnino school had an enrollment of 15 in 1926.^[9] The school was unusual in that due to heavy snow in the winters, the annual vacation period ran from November to March.^[10]

The Cosnino school was also used as a meeting house and was proposed as a location for Sunday school.^[11] Community events were also held at the Cosnino schoolhouse.^[12] The school in Cosnino was later integrated into the Flagstaff school system.^[13]

Cosnino's population in the 1960 Census was 15.^[14]

In the 1970s, Cosnino Arena, on Cosnino Road, was the site of 4-H and other agrarian events for area communities.^[15][16]

In 1976, proposals were put forward for a new subdivision in the area, called Cosnino Equestrian Estates.^[17] The Cosnino Estates area was evacuated in 1988 after a train derailed near Cosnino Road.^[18]

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