Paradise Valley, Arizona Paradise Valley, Arizona Welcome sign in Paradise Valley Waterfront shops in the close-by Paradise Valley/Scottsdale region Paradise Valley, looking east to Mummy Mt.

Welcome sign in Paradise Valley Waterfront shops in the close-by Paradise Valley/Scottsdale region Paradise Valley, looking east to Mummy Mt.

Paradise Valley is positioned in the US Paradise Valley - Paradise Valley Paradise Valley is a small, well-to-do town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.

According to the 2010 census, the populace of the town was 12,820. Even with the town's mostly small region and populace compared to other municipalities in the Phoenix urbane area, Paradise Valley is home to eight full service resorts, making it one of Arizona's premier tourist destinations.

It should not be confused with Paradise Valley Village, an official municipal designation, in northeast Phoenix.

For instance, Paradise Valley Community College, Paradise Valley High School, Paradise Valley Hospital, Paradise Valley Mall, and Paradise Valley Golf Course are all positioned several miles to the north of the town, in Phoenix.

The town's name along with all the other various entities bearing the same name comes from the expansive region known as Paradise Valley, that spreads from north of the Phoenix mountain peaks to Cave Creek & Carefree on the north and the Mc - Dowell Mountains to the east.

There is a Paradise Valley Unified School District, and it is one of the biggest in the state, though like many other establishments with the name Paradise Valley, it refers to the Phoenix village, and not to the town.

Paradise Valley is the wealthiest suburb of Phoenix. It is known primarily for its many resorts and expensive real estate. However, its history dates back to a more agrarian society.

After the initial European settlement, Paradise Valley was first used for cattle grazing.

In the 1880s, when the territory was being surveyed so it could be advanced into agricultural lots, the name "Paradise Valley" first came into use, being given by surveyors from the Rio Verde Canal Company and its manager at the time, Frank Conkey. According to the official town website, this name may have been chosen due to the abundance of spring wildflowers and Palo Verde trees. Mainly an agricultural region during the 1800s and the first half of the 1900s, the region began to be settled after World War II, on large one to five acre lots for which it became known.

As the neighboring settlements of Phoenix and Scottsdale began to expanded and annex adjoining areas, the inhabitants of what would turn into Paradise Valley were concerned that the qualities they most valued would be lost if they were consumed by their larger neighbors. These inhabitants formed "Citizens Committee for the Incorporation of The Town of Paradise Valley, Arizona", which collected enough signatures to take to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.

The petition was granted by the Supervisors, allowing the town of Paradise Valley to be incorporated on May 24, 1961. Paradise Valley is positioned at 33 32 41 N 111 57 23 W (33.544596, -111.956451). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 15.5 square miles (40 km2), all of it land.

The central terrain of Paradise Valley is dominated by Mummy Mountain.

Casa Blanca Dr., Paradise Valley, Arizona Paradise Valley's motto, coined by residents, is "there is a reason we call this valley 'paradise.'" In the town, the populace was spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 18.8% from 25 to 44, 35.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older.

In 2012, the periodical "Forbes" titled Paradise Valley's zip code, 85253, the 71st most expensive in the United States.

The Mayor and six Town Council Members are the propel delegates of the Town of Paradise Valley.

Most of Paradise Valley is inside the Scottsdale Unified School District. A mostly small portion, however, is served by Creighton Elementary School District, & Phoenix Union High School District.

There are also a several charter schools in the region including close-by Great Hearts Academies and BASIS Schools, as well as private schools such as Phoenix Country Day School.

According to Paradise Valley's 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town are: 5 Double - Tree Resort by Hilton Hotel Paradise Valley - Scottsdale 165 7 Paradise Valley Country Club 113 9 Town of Paradise Valley 80 Main article: List of citizens from Paradise Valley, Arizona List of historic properties in Paradise Valley, Arizona Will Barnes, Arizona Place Names, revised and enlarged by Byrd Granger, University of Arizona Press, 1960, p.

"Town of Paradise Valley History", https://ci.paradise-valley.az.us/Document - Center/Home/View/223, accessed 4/7/15 "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

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