Ray, Arizona
Ghost town in Arizona, United States
33°11′00″N 110°59′51″W / 33.18333°N 110.99750°W / 33.18333; -110.99750[1]
Ray is a ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona, United States; it is mostly known for the large copper mine there. It was named after the nearby Ray mine, which was begun by the Ray Copper Company in 1882, after the sister of one of the miners, whose name was Bullinger.[1]
The town of Kearny was founded by the Kennecott Mining Company in 1958 as a planned community to accommodate the populations of Ray, Barcelona and Sonora, which were about to be enveloped by Kennecott's copper mine. Relocation to Kearny began in 1958.
The Copper Basin Railway ran through the town.
A newspaper, the Arizona Copper Camp, was published in Ray from 1910 to 1920.[2]
Notable people
- Edward Landers Drew, died during a shootout near Ray, 1911
- Tom Graeff, actor, producer, director, born in Ray
- Gory Guerrero, wrestler, born in Ray
- Jeanmarie Simpson, theatre and film artist and activist, born in Ray
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ray
- ^ Arizona Copper Camp newspaper
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ray, Arizona.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Ghost towns.
- Town of Kearny website
- Ray-Sonora-Barcelona website
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Municipalities and communities of Pinal County, Arizona, United States
County seat: Florence
- Apache Junction‡
- Casa Grande
- Coolidge
- Eloy
- Maricopa
- Florence
- Hayden‡
- Kearny
- Mammoth
- Queen Creek‡
- Superior
- Winkelman‡
- 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
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‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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