Goodyear, Arizona Modern Goodyear City Hall building positioned at 190 N Litchfield Road.
Modern Goodyear City Hall building positioned at 190 N Litchfield Road.
Official seal of Goodyear Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Goodyear is positioned in the US Goodyear - Goodyear Goodyear (O'odham: Valin Thak) is a town/city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.
According to the 2010 census, the populace of the town/city is 65,275. Goodyear was the third fastest-growing place among all metros/cities and suburbs in Arizona of any size between 1990 and 2000 (with an increase of 245.2%).
The town/city is home to the Goodyear Ballpark, where the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds of the MLB practice their spring training.
On June 6, 2008, Goodyear won the All-America City Award, sponsored by the National Civic League.
The town/city is titled after the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, when the business had farmland to expanded cotton for their tires.
Goodyear was established in 1917 with the purchase of 16,000 acres (65 km2) of territory by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company to cultivate cotton for vehicle tire threads.
World War II was meaningful to Goodyear in the 1940s as the current Phoenix Goodyear Airport was built, but after the war, the economy suffered.
Goodyear became a town on November 19, 1946. At the time, it had 151 homes and 250 apartements, a grocery store, a barber shop, beauty shop and a gas station.
At the time, there was no Interstate 10 or any primary roads from Phoenix to Goodyear for access to the track.
The Phoenix Goodyear Airport received its current name in 1986. Goodyear continues to expanded as more communities and homes are closing to be built.
Goodyear's populace is projected to be 358,000 by 2035. Goodyear is positioned at 33 27 00 N 112 21 30 W (33.449917, -112.358382). Nearby metros/cities include Avondale, Litchfield Park, Tolleson and Buckeye.
Goodyear is about 17 miles (27 km) west of downtown Phoenix.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 116.5 square miles (302 km2), all of it land.
Goodyear Goodyear has a subtropical desert climate (Koppen: BWh) due to its locale in the Sonoran Desert.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.2% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 34.1% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The Arizona Department of Corrections operates the Arizona State Prison Complex-Perryville in Goodyear. The prison homes the female death row. Several school districts serve the town/city of Goodyear.
Elementary school districts include Avondale Elementary School District, Liberty Elementary School District, Litchfield Elementary School District, and Mobile Elementary School District.
High school districts include Agua Fria Union High School District and Buckeye Union High School District. There is only one ground in the city, a Franklin Pierce University campus, after the New Hampshire-based college signed a lease with the town/city to purchase 30 acres (120,000 m2) of land, existing since 2008. It offers a Doctor of Physical Therapy program and other community care related programs. Goodyear was established in 1917, but the majority of assembly and populace growth happened after 1995.
Goodyear was affected by the 2000s American housing bubble, reducing home values.
Estrella is the biggest improve in Goodyear, at 20,000 acres (31 sq mi).
Goodyear is known for its spring training sessions.
The Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball's American League moved their spring training facility to Goodyear from Winter Haven, Florida and rejoined the Cactus League in February 2009, after a 15-year absence.
On April 7, 2008, Goodyear's town/city council unanimously allowed a memorandum to fund a new $33 million baseball spring training complex for Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians.
This includes a 10,000-seat park, Goodyear Ballpark that opened in 2009.
The Indians, who had held their spring training in Tucson for many years until moving to Winter Haven in 1993, agreed to return their spring training locale back to Arizona on December 21, 2006.
The Goodyear Centennials of the Freedom Pro Baseball League play their home games at the Goodyear Ballpark.
Two other baseball squads in the Arizona League, the Arizona League Indians and the Arizona League Reds, also play at the stadium.
Phoenix Goodyear Airport is positioned here.
Rail lines furnish Goodyear with access to 23 states in the two-thirds of the United States.
Interstate 10 goes through Goodyear, heading west to Buckeye and Los Angeles.
Van Buren Street, Mc - Dowell, Indian School and Camelback Roads are primary arterial roads dominant from the extreme Phoenix region to past Scottsdale, in the east.
MC 85 (Maricopa County Highway 85) is a highway running from Arizona State Route 85 in Buckeye to central Phoenix.
Interstate 10 was assembled through Goodyear in the late 20th century.
Arizona State Route 801 is a proposed highway south of Interstate 10 that will relieve traffic congestion.
This loggia includes some photos of the Phoenix Trotting Park and a photo of a remodeled Goodyear-Wingfoot home in Goodyear.
South Lake Park in Estrella, on the southern end of Goodyear.
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"Agua Fria Union High School District - Agua Fria Union High School District Home".
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"Valley Freeways (State Route 801)".
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