Cochran is a ghost town in Pinal County in the U.S. state of Arizona. The town was settled in 1905, in what was then the Arizona Territory.
Cochran, Arizona | |
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  Cochran Location in the state of Arizona  Cochran Cochran (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 33°06′34″N 111°08′59″W / 33.10944°N 111.14972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Pinal |
| Founded | 1905 |
| Abandoned | 1915 |
| Named for | John S. Cochran, first postmaster[1] |
| Elevation | 1,640 ft (500 m) |
| Population (2009) | |
• Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST (no DST)) |
| Post Office opened | January 3, 1905 |
| Post Office closed | January 15, 1915 |
History
editNamed after its first postmaster, John S. Cochran, the small mining camp also served as a stop on the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway. The post office was established on January 3, 1905, and was discontinued on January 15, 1915. At its peak, the population was approximately 100, and housed a general store and a boardinghouse, among other establishments.[1]
Apart from a few building foundations in the town center, and the railroad tracks at the edge of the now-abandoned town site, Cochran's last (and most notable) remains are five largely intact beehive coke ovens across the Gila River at Butte, Arizona. (These coke ovens are actually from an earlier town that existed before Cochrane came into existence.)
The Coke Ovens are on a 189-acre section of private property; visitation is not allowed.
Geography
editCochran is located about 15 miles (24 km) east of Florence, Arizona at 33°06′34″N 111°08′59″W / 33.10944°N 111.14972°W.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Sherman, James E.; Barbara H. Sherman (1969). "Cochran". Ghost Towns of Arizona (First ed.). University of Oklahoma Press. p. 35. ISBN 0-8061-0843-6.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cochran
External links
edit- Cochran Beehive Ovens description and directions
- Cochran entry at GhostTowns.com
- Cochran – Ghost Town of the Month at azghosttowns.com
- Coke oven photos, Google Earth map