American Flag, Arizona

Ghost town in Arizona, United States

American Flag, Arizona

Ghost town

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Coordinates: 32°34′48″N 110°43′13″W﻿ / ﻿32.58000°N 110.72028°W﻿ / 32.58000; -110.72028
Country| United States
State| Arizona
County| Pinal
Founded:| circa 1870
Abandoned:| circa 1890
Founded by| Isaac Lorraine
Named for| The American flag
Elevation

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| 4,423 ft (1,348 m)
Population

• Total

| 0
Time zone| UTC-7 (MST (no DST))
Post Office Opened:| December 28, 1880
Post Office Closed:| July 16, 1890

American Flag is a ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona, five miles (8.1 km) southeast of Oracle. The town was established in the late 1870s, but shortly after 1890, the town had become abandoned.

## History

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American Flag was founded by prospector Isaac Lorraine as the American Flag mine and mining camp in the late 1870s. In 1881, the town was sold to the Richardson Mining Company of New York. The town was small and had a population of about forty, on average. Little is known about the mining camp at this time. Eventually Isaac Lorraine would turn his attention to cattle, where he later built the American Flag Ranch. By 1884, the population was only fifteen, so the post office closed a few years later and the town was left unoccupied.[2]

The post office was moved to the American Flag Ranch headquarters in 1880. The building still stands, and is the oldest surviving territorial post office building in Arizona.[3] The building is now on the National Register of Historic Places, and is preserved by the Oracle Historical Society.[4]

## See also

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* List of United States post offices

## References

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1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: American Flag Ranch
2. ^ Sherman, James E; Barbara H. Sherman (1969). Ghost Towns of Arizona. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-0843-6.
3. ^ Oracle history
4. ^ American Flag Ranch[permanent dead link‍], Oracle Historical Society

## External links

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* Hike to American Flag Ranch

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Municipalities and communities of Pinal County, Arizona, United States

County seat: Florence

Cities|

* Apache Junction‡
* Casa Grande
* Coolidge
* Eloy
* Maricopa

Towns|

* Florence
* Hayden‡
* Kearny
* Mammoth
* Queen Creek‡
* Superior
* Winkelman‡

CDPs|

* Ak-Chin Village
* Arizona City
* Blackwater
* Cactus Forest
* Campo Bonito
* Casa Blanca
* Chuichu
* Dudleyville
* Gold Canyon
* Goodyear Village
* Kohatk
* Lower Santan Village
* Oracle
* Picacho
* Queen Valley
* Red Rock
* Sacate Village
* Sacaton
* Sacaton Flats Village
* Saddlebrooke
* San Manuel
* San Tan Valley
* Santa Cruz
* Stanfield
* Stotonic Village
* Sweet Water Village
* Tat Momoli
* Top-of-the-World‡
* Upper Santan Village
* Vaiva Vo
* Wet Camp Village

Populated
places|

* Arizola
* Bapchule
* Chandler Heights‡
* Chiapuk
* Friendly Corners
* Heaton
* Kelvin
* La Palma
* Magma
* North Komelik
* Olberg
* Oracle Junction
* Randolph
* Riverside
* Sacate
* Santan
* Sif Vaya
* Smelter Town
* Snaketown
* Sombrero Butte
* South Santan
* Sweetwater
* Troy
* Valley Farms

Indian reservations|

* Ak-Chin Indian Community
* Gila River Indian Community
* San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation‡
* Tohono Oʼodham Indian Reservation‡

Ghost towns|

* Adamsville
* American Flag
* Cochran
* Copper Creek
* DeNoon
* El Llano
* Jackrabbit
* Pinal City
* Ray
* Reymert
* Sasco
* Socatoon Station
* Sonora
* Tiger
* Youngberg

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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