Globe, Arizona Globe, Arizona Downtown Globe Downtown Globe Location in Gila County and the state of Arizona Location in Gila County and the state of Arizona Globe, Arizona is positioned in the US Globe, Arizona - Globe, Arizona Globe (Western Apache: Besh Baa Gowah, "place of metal") is a town/city in Gila County, Arizona, United States.

As of the 2010 census, the populace of the town/city was 7,532. The town/city is the governmental center of county of Gila County. Globe was established c.

Mining, tourism, government and retirees are most meaningful in the present-day Globe economy.

The Globe Downtown Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Globe is in southern Gila County at 33 23 59 N 110 46 54 W (33.399858, 110.781570), in the valley of Pinal Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the Salt River.

Route 60 passes through the city, dominant northeast through the Fort Apache Indian Reservation 87 miles (140 km) to Show Low, and west 87 miles (140 km) to Phoenix.

Route 70 is in Globe at US 60 on the east side of town; US 70 leads southeast through the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation 77 miles (124 km) to Safford and 2,385 miles (3,838 km) to its easterly end at Atlantic, North Carolina.

Arizona State Route 77 leads south from Globe 36 miles (58 km) to Winkelman, and Roosevelt is 31 miles (50 km) to the northwest via State Route 188.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city of Globe has a total region of 18.2 square miles (47.1 km2), of which 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2), or 0.07%, is water. The town of Miami, Arizona, is 6 miles (10 km) west of Globe's downtown.

Globe, Miami, and the unincorporated areas close-by (including Inspiration, Claypool and Central Heights-Midland City) are generally called "Globe-Miami".

Globe is served by the Arizona Eastern Railway.

In December 2008, weekend excursion service under the name Copper Spike began operating from Globe to the Apache Gold Hotel Casino near San Carlos. Trains directed four daily round-trips on Thursdays through Sundays (autumn through spring) until 2011, when the Copper Spike Excursions were discontinued. The San Carlos Apache Airport is a public-use general aviation airport positioned seven nautical miles (8 miles, 13 km) southeast of the city's central company district. Globe has a semi-arid climate, characterized by hot summers and moderate to warm winters.

Globe's dry climate is somewhat tempered by its elevation, however, dominant to slightly cooler temperatures and slightly more rain than Phoenix or Yuma.

Summers in Globe are hot, with daytime highs generally between 90 F (32 C) and 100 F (38 C).

High temperatures topping 100 F (38 C) are not uncommon in July and August for Globe.

The all-time highest recorded temperature in Globe is 111 F (44 C), and it occurred on both June 27, 1990, and July 29, 1995.

The lowest recorded temperature in the town/city is 12 F ( 11 C), which occurred the same year the first time the record high was reached December 23, 1990.

Climate data for Globe, Arizona Unusual azurite specimen from the Blue Ball mine near Globe.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older.

In the 1900s, the Old Dominion Copper Company in Globe ranked as one of the world's richest.

Globe's economy remains heavily dependent on the quarrying industry, and as of 2008 the town/city was home to one of the several operating copper smelters in the United States. Globe, Arizona panorama, 1917 Besh-Ba-Gowah, about one mile south of Globe, was occupied by Salado populations between AD 1225 and AD 1400.

The Old Dominion mine was the principal copper producer in the Globe District.

The plans for an incorporated Globe were established in July 1876, with retail stores, banks, and Globe's first journal printing its first copy on May 2, 1878.

By February 1881, Globe was the Gila County seat.

Coming with Globe's new importance as the governmental center of county came a stagecoach line linking it to Silver City, New Mexico.

Due to Globe's relative isolation from the rest of Arizona and its adjacency to the San Carlos Apache reservation, Globe remained a frontier town.

Globe's history is laced with many historic affairs such as murders, stagecoach robberies, outlaws, lynchings, and Apache raids.

Ike was eventually killed by a small-town deputy sheriff, and Phineas, after serving prison time for a stage robbery, moved to Globe, where he died of pneumonia and was buried in 1906.

Globe is also known for having links to Geronimo and the Apache Kid.

On October 23, 1889, the Apache Kid's trial was held in the Globe Courthouse.

Globe Post Office, assembled in 1928, still in use.

Drift Inn Saloon A bar in Downtown Historic Globe which has been operating since 1902.

Trust building (European Hotel, Terminal Hotel, Pioneer Hotel) a four-story brick structure that contained apartements, offices, and hotel rooms for rent, assembled 1906 burned 2005.

Old Dominion Hotel most prominent hotel of downtown Globe; famous for Cactus Room Cocktails and beautiful, huge balconies that hung over the street.

Globe High School assembled 1910; the earliest high school in the State of Arizona that is still in use by its initial tenant.

Globe Theater assembled 1917; art deco theater with copper columns, a balcony, and retro concession stand; burned 2005, but has since been reconstructed on the initial site using initial marquee and other architectural features.

The Dance Hall Platform for Globe before to statehood.

Gila Valley, Globe, and Northern Railway Station (Southern Pacific station, Arizona Eastern station) assembled 1910/1916; prominent train depot from assembly to close in the 1950s, now a exhibition.

For many years, it was one of the earliest school buildings still in use in Arizona.

Now used as the Gila Pueblo ground of Eastern Arizona College, the building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Cubitto Jewelry building is the building which homed Cubitto Jewelry from 1905 1996; the building has large initial glass windows, initial maple floor, and skylights.

Old specimen from the Globe Hills.

Hunt, Arizona territorial governor and first governor of the state of Arizona John's Episcopal Church (Globe, Arizona) United States Post Office and Courthouse Globe Maic "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Globe city, Arizona".

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

"Globe tourist train will offer round trips to Apache casino".

GLOBE 2, ARIZONA United States Enumeration Bureau.

Gila County Historical Museum website Globe School District history.

Globe, Arizona: The Life and Times of a Western Mining Town 1864 1917.

Globe: American Globe Publishing Co., 1989.

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