Sanders, Arizona
Sanders is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Sanders is located at the junction of US 191 and Interstate 40, within the Navajo Nation.
Sanders has the Zip code 86512. The 86512 ZIP Code Tabulation Area had a population of 2,245 at the 2000 census.[1] The Sanders ZCTA population was 90% American Indian, and 30% of Sanders ZCTA households had income of less than $10,000, at the 2000 census.[2]
Sanders is located at Exit 339 on Interstate 40.
[edit] History
Sanders is named either after C. W. Sanders, a railroad office engineer, or Art Saunders, who had a trading post nearby. The railroad station was named Cheto to avoid a pre-existing station named Sanders already on the line.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ 86512 ZCTA data
- ^ ZCTA 86512 demographic data
- ^ Byrd H. Granger (1960). Arizona Place Names. University of Arizona Press. p. 22. http://books.google.com/books?id=I7r_ZwEACAAJ. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
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Coordinates: 35°12′59″N 109°20′01″W / 35.21639°N 109.33361°W
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