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History · Peeples Valley

1 of Peeples Valley’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Peeples Valley School. Most of Peeples Valley was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1903 on.

1on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Peeples Valley’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 Peeples Valley are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19033 editions of the USGS map, 1903 to 1981. Watch Peeples Valley change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Peeples Valley’s history is told.

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On the map

Peeples Valley on the map, 1903 to 1981

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

Peeples Valley on the 1903 USGS mapPeeples Valley on the 1969 USGS mapPeeples Valley on the 1981 USGS map1903Congress sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story so far

Peeples Valley, in brief

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

Peeples Valley (Yavapai: Wachinivo) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The population was 374 at the 2000 census. Peeples Valley is named for prospector A. H. Peeples, who was the leader of the group that discovered Rich Hill, a gold deposit at Weaver, Arizona, in 1863.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 428 to 499 (+17%).

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

By decade

Peeples Valley, decade by decade

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Peeples Valley

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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each building in a district counts
first listed
2007
Peeples Valley School
Peeples Valley School
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

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Peeples Valley SchoolBuilding · listed 2007

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Peeples Valley

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

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Jay MinerAmerican electrical engineer · b. 1932
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Kayla MuellerAmerican aid worker and ISIS captive · b. 1988
Rosemary DeCampAmerican actress · b. 1910
Virginia Lee CorbinAmerican actress · b. 1910
Elizabeth MarksAmerican swimmer · b. 1990
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Cuba Minemine

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.

YarnellIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Peeples Valley’s history

What is on the National Register in Peeples Valley?

One place: the Peeples Valley School (listed 2007).

Memory lane

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 Wikimedia Commons (5), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.