Horse Thief Basin, Arizona
Horse Thief Basin, Arizona | |
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  Horse Thief Basin Location within Arizona  Horse Thief Basin Location within United States | |
| Coordinates: 34°9′40″N 112°17′35″W / 34.16111°N 112.29306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Yavapai |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (MST) |
| Area code | 928 |
| FIPS code | 04-33420 |
| GNIS feature ID | 42834 |
Horse Thief Basin is a populated place situated in Yavapai County, Arizona. It has an estimated elevation of 2,920 feet (890 m) above sea level.[1] Its name is derived from a ranch which used to exist in the area and be used by several notorious horse rustlers as an area to store their stolen merchandise.[2][3]
References
- ^ a b "Feature Detail Report for: Horse Thief". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Barnes, Will Croft (2016). Arizona Place Names. Tucson: Arizona Place Names. pp. 211–12. ISBN 0816534950.
- ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 64.
Municipalities and communities of Yavapai County, Arizona, United States | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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