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History · Copper Hill

Copper Hill’s post office opened in 1908

Most of Copper Hill was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2005. Below: maps from 1901 on.

1908first post office
0on the National Register
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How Copper Hill began

When was Copper Hill founded?

1908

The Copper Hill post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 158118 years
Founding year: the first Copper Hill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Copper Hill’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Copper Hill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19013 editions of the USGS map, 1901 to 2004. Watch Copper Hill change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Copper Hill’s history is told.

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On the map

Copper Hill on the map, 1901 to 2004

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Copper Hill. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Copper Hill on the 1901 USGS mapCopper Hill on the 1945 USGS mapCopper Hill on the 2004 USGS map1901Globe sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Copper Hill.

The story so far

Copper Hill, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Copper Hill yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Copper Hill is a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona, United States. Copper Hill is located near US Route 60, northeast of the city of Globe. The population as of the 2010 U.S. census was 108.

Its first post office opened in 1908. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 108 to 158 (+46%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Copper Hill, 1901 to 1933

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1908Post officeThe Copper Hill post office opens
  4. 1933Post officeThe Copper Hill post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Copper Hill

Nobody well known was born in Copper Hill itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Jack ElamAmerican actor · b. 1920
Helen JacobsAmerican tennis player · b. 1908
Rose MoffordFirst woman Governor and the first woman Secret… · b. 1922
Ed PastorAmerican politician · b. 1943
Romana Acosta BañuelosTreasurer of the United States · b. 1925
Esteban Edward TorresAmerican politician · b. 1930
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Copper Hill had its own post office from 1908 to 1933.

Copper Hill
1908–1933
19001960today
Gone or out of use
Big Johnnie ShaftmineBuckeye ShaftmineCopper CitylocaleGem ShaftmineSuperior and Boston SraftmineSuperior MinemineWilliams Shaftmine

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Copper Hill’s history

What year was Copper Hill founded?

The Copper Hill post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.