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5 unusual facts about Maricopa County


Blueprint Education

Founded in 1969, Blueprint Education first offered correspondence learning to migrant worker families in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Desert Hills

Desert Hills, Maricopa County, Arizona, an unincorporated community in Maricopa County, Arizona

Erigeron piscaticus

It is endemic to Arizona in the United States, where it is known from three locations in Maricopa and Graham Counties.

Fort McDowell

Fort McDowell, Arizona, (also known as Camp McDowell), a community that started as a US Army fort established in 1865 on the upper Salt River in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Maricopa County, Arizona

The county has no other passenger rail transport as Amtrak's Sunset Limited, which once served Phoenix, has its closest stop in Maricopa, Arizona in neighboring Pinal County.


Albert C. Baker

As he was concluding his business and preparing to return, Justice DeForest Porter requested Baker serve as special prosecutor for a Maricopa County attorney accused of malfeasance in office.

Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority

It is estimated that over 30 years, AZSTA will contribute $205 million to the refurbishment of Cactus League facilities in Maricopa County.

The first order of business for the TSA was to bring a stadium financing package to voters in Maricopa County which took the form of Arizona Proposition 302.

Douglas L. Rayes

Douglas L. Rayes is a Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court and is a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.

Police Women of Maricopa County

Police Women of Maricopa County is the second of TLC's Police Women reality documentary series, which follows four female members of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Princess Irina of Romania

Irina married John Kreuger (born in Solna, Sweden, 3 August 1945), on 4 October 1983, in Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States in a civil ceremony, and on 11 February 1984 in a religious ceremony at Holy Trinity Church in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona.

Ryan Gabrielson

For the East Valley Tribune in 2008, Gabrielson and Paul Giblin investigated the immigration-enforcement operations of the Maricopa County Sherriff's Office.

SN 1006

A petroglyph by the Hohokam in White Tank Mountain Regional Park, Maricopa County, Arizona, has been interpreted as the first known North American representation of the supernova.


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Buckeye, Arizona

Major roadways serving the city include Interstate 10, State Route 85, Maricopa County Route 85 and the Sun Valley Parkway.

Cyrene

Kyrene School District, a K-8 school district in Maricopa County, Arizona

El Mirage

El Mirage, Arizona, a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States

G. Murray Snow

On May 24th, 2013, Snow ruled that the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO), and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and committed acts of racial profiling against Hispanics.

James Moeller

He was a judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court for the ten years prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court by Arizona Governor Evan Mecham.

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

The Maricopa County Sheriff, Joe Arpaio, has also been criticized over a number of incidents and policies.

Phoenix City Hall

"Old City Hall" is a duplex style structure with the original Maricopa County Courthouse, designed in 1928 by Lescher & Mahoney and Edward Nield, whose main entrance faces Washington Street.

Public transport in Phoenix

Towns such as Buckeye, Cave Creek and Laveen are localities in Maricopa County which are omitted from Valley Metro’s routes; people living in these areas must commute miles to the nearest bus stops in surrounding cities.

SCAN Health Plan

The organization serves more than 110,000 people with Medicare in Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino San Diego and Ventura counties, California, and Maricopa county Arizona.