Mobile, Arizona

Sonoran Valley, Goodyear, Arizona
Sonoran Valley, Goodyear, Arizona
Goodyear Planning Area
	Nickname(s): Mobile, Arizona
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Sonoran Valley, also referred to as Mobile, is a community in the southern planning area of

ILS

on runway 9.

Oxford Aviation Academy

on Mobile "Lufthansa pvt" Airfield's ramp

Oxford Aviation Academy

approaching Mobile "Lufthansa pvt" Airfield

History

Mobile was founded in the 1930s as an area for

railroad companies referred to the area as "Mobile" almost a decade before the first permanent settler in the area in the 1920s.^[2] In the 1930s, two railroad cars were used for two separate schoolhouses (one black and one for whites), and the population of local homesteaders reached about 100. By the 1950s the town was booming with almost 400 inhabitants, but the lack of employment, running water

and educational facilities (no education past 8th grade) led to the exodus of most of the original residents and their descendants.

In 2007, Sonoran Valley was annexed into the city of Goodyear as part of a 67 square miles (170 km²) expansion, part of an agreement with Montage Holdings, a local developer, to develop a planned community in the area.^[3] The planned community, named Amaranth, envisioned as a self-sustaining community with a regional mall, employment centers and eventually home to over 50,000 people, has been placed on hold until at least 2010 due to economic slowdown.^[4] The delay, as well as the developer's inability to meet financial obligations to the city, has forced Goodyear to cut back on emergency services to the area.

Geography

Sonoran Valley is located at

geographical coordinates

33° 3' 19" N 112° 16' 16" W (33.055301, -112.271102). The private airstrip is located at 33° 6'43.27"N 112°16'8.66"W (33.111720, -112.269517).

Transportation

Sonoran Valley is accessible by car from State Route 238.

References

^ "Arizona Women's Heritage Trail". www.womensheritagetrail.org. Archived from the original on 2008-08-20.
^ "An Archaeological Investigation of the Historic Black Settlement at Mobile, Arizona - Broad-interest volumes in archaeology, anthropology, history, and ethnography - SRI Press".
^ Arnold, Elias (2009-04-22). "Goodyear to cut Sonoran Valley public safety costs nearly 88%". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
^ Arnold, Elias (2008-08-20). "Delay in Amaranth construction blamed on economy". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2009-06-08.

[1] "Arizona Women's Heritage Trail". www.womensheritagetrail.org. Archived from the original on 2008-08-20.

[2] "An Archaeological Investigation of the Historic Black Settlement at Mobile, Arizona - Broad-interest volumes in archaeology, anthropology, history, and ethnography - SRI Press".

[3] Arnold, Elias (2009-04-22). "Goodyear to cut Sonoran Valley public safety costs nearly 88%". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2009-06-08.

[4] Arnold, Elias (2008-08-20). "Delay in Amaranth construction blamed on economy". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2009-06-08.

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