Tubac, Arizona Tubac, Arizona Location in Santa Cruz County and the state of Arizona Location in Santa Cruz County and the state of Arizona Tubac is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States.
The populace was 1,191 at the 2010 census. The place name "Tubac" is an English borrowing from a Hispanicized form of the O'odham name, which translates into English as "rotten".
Finally over time the last "a" was dropped. Tubac is situated on the Santa Cruz River.
Tubac was the initial Spanish colonial garrison in Arizona.
During the 19th century, the region was repopulated by miners, farmers and ranchers, but the town of Tubac is best known today as an artists' colony.
Established in 1752 as a Spanish presidio, the first Spanish colonial garrison in what is now Arizona, Tubac was one of the stops on the Camino Real (the "Royal Road") from Mexico to the Spanish settlements in California.
While stationed at Tubac (1760 1776), de Anza assembled the chapel of Santa Gertrudis, the foundations of which lie beneath today's St.
Tubac was the scene of a four-day siege in 1861, between Tubac's male population, Confederate militia and Apache warriors. In the 1930s - 1960s Tubac became an art colony.
Painter Dale Nichols opened an art school in the small desert village in 1948 and restored some of Tubac's historic buildings.
In 1961, the Santa Cruz Valley Art Association was formed with 80 members and the group established the Tubac Festival of the Arts in 1964.
The remains of the old Spanish presidio are preserved by Tubac Presidio State Historic Park.
The ethnic makeup of Tubac was 76.67% non-Hispanic White, 0.59% Native American, 0.42% Black or African American, 0.59% Asian, 6.47% from other competitions, and 1.09% from two or more competitions.
In Tubac 1.5% of the populace was age 0-4, 4.7% from 5 to 17, 50.97% from 18 to 64, and 42.49% 65 years of age or older.
The populace of Tubac is 52.39% female and 47.61% male.
In the CDP, the populace was spread out with 12.3% under the age of 18, 2.5% from 18 to 24, 12.1% from 25 to 44, 37.8% from 45 to 64, and 35.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Tubac CDP, Arizona".
"''Tubac'' ''Through Four Centuries'': ''An Historical Resume and Analysis'', The Arizona State Parks Board".
Tubac Center of the Arts , History.
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