Snowflake, Arizona Snowflake, Arizona The LDS Temple in Snowflake The LDS Temple in Snowflake Location in Navajo County and the state of Arizona Location in Navajo County and the state of Arizona Snowflake is positioned in the US Snowflake - Snowflake Location in the United States Country United States State Arizona Body Snowflake City Council Website Town of Snowflake Historic Home, Snowflake, Arizona Snowflake is a town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.
It was established in 1878 by Erastus Snow and William Jordan Flake, Mormon pioneers and colonizers. It has incessantly been noted on lists of unusual place names. According to 2012 Enumeration Bureau estimates, the populace of the town is 5,564. Snowflake is 25 miles south of Interstate 40 (formerly U.S.
The Apache Railway provides freight service, from 1961 to 2012 serving the Snowflake Mill.
Snowflake is positioned at 34 30 40 N 110 4 59 W (34.511187, -110.082974). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 30.9 square miles (80 km2), of which, 30.8 square miles (80 km2) of it is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (0.16%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,460 citizens , 1,312 homeholds, and 1,070 families residing in the town.
There were 1,536 housing units at an average density of 49.9 per square mile (19.2/km ).
There were 1,312 homeholds out of which 46.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 69.5% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 18.4% were non-families.
The average homehold size was 3.37 and the average family size was 3.81.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 37.9% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 21.8% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $37,439, and the median income for a family was $42,500.
About 10.4% of families and 15.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 18.7% of those under age 18 and 14.1% of those age 65 or over.
An additional 9-holes were added to the 18-hole golf course where the Snowflake Arizona Temple was assembled by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2002.
To the east of town, a substantial improve of individuals suffering from multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome (MCS) has grown since the 1980s. As of July 2016 there were approximately 20 homeholds comprising this improve of individuals. Snowflake is a part of the Snowflake Unified School District, consisting of Highland Primary School, Snowflake Intermediate School, Snowflake Junior High and Snowflake High School.
Taylor Elementary School in the neighboring town of Taylor, Arizona is also part of the Snowflake Unified school District.
Northland Pioneer College's Silver Creek ground extension is positioned in Snowflake.
Snowflake experiences a four-season climate with a warm (sometimes hot) summer, mild autumn, mild to cold winter and cool, windy spring.
Typical high temperatures hover around 90 F (32 C) amid July and August and 30 to 55 F (13 C) in December/January.
Climate data for Snowflake, Arizona (1971-2000 normals) Average snowy days ( 0.1 inch) 1.5 1.1 1.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.4 6.2 References to Snowflake are made in the 2001 murder mystery Brigham City, and the 2004 war film Saints and Soldiers.
Jonah is from Snowflake and says he is a descendant of the Flake family that helped found the city.
99 Percent Invisible did a podcast show about the citizens in Snowflake with MCS.
Jeff Flake, United States Senator, Smith (1834-1906), was a Mormon pioneer, church leader, politician and colonizer of Snowflake.
Smith House (Snowflake, Arizona), is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sweeney in the 1993 film Fire In The Sky, lives in Snowflake.
United States Geological Survey.
History of Snowflake, AZ United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
In One Arizona Community, an Oasis in a Toxic World - New York Times "Allergic to life: the Arizona inhabitants 'sensitive to the whole world'".
"Snowflake, AZ" (PDF).
History of Snowflake, AZ Information on Judicial Services in Snowflake Municipalities and communities of Navajo County, Arizona, United States 1878 establishments in Arizona Territory - Populated places established in 1878 - Towns in Navajo County, Arizona - Towns in Arizona - White Mountains (Arizona)
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