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History · Icehouse Canyon

Half of Icehouse Canyon’s homes were built after 1970

Most of Icehouse Canyon was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Below: maps from 1901 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Icehouse Canyon’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 Icehouse Canyon 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 Icehouse Canyon change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Icehouse Canyon’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Icehouse Canyon on the map, 1901 to 2004

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

Icehouse Canyon on the 1901 USGS mapIcehouse Canyon on the 1964 USGS mapIcehouse Canyon 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 Icehouse Canyon.

The story so far

Icehouse Canyon, in brief

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

Icehouse Canyon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The population was 677 at the 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 677 to 574 (-15%).

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Icehouse Canyon

Nobody well known was born in Icehouse Canyon 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

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
August Hills Mobile Home Park

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Six Shooter Canyon2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGlobe12 historic placesA−

Questions about Icehouse Canyon’s history

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 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.