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Place Name
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Apache County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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St. Johns
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Population
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61,591 (1990)
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Location
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Navajo County, Arizona (AZ), United States, North America
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Latitude
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35°22'N
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Longitude
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109°29'W
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Apache
, county (
11,219 sq mi/29,057 sq km; 1990
pop. 61,591), E and NE Ariz.;  St. Johns; 35°22'N 109°29'W.
Mt. area bordering on N.Mex. to E and Utah to N, crossed by Zuni,
Little Colo., and Puerco rivers; Black R. forms part of S boundary.
Carrizo and Chuska Mts. in NE, White Mts. in SW, in Fort Apache Indian
Reservation. Navajo Indian Reservation occupies N ½
of co. Canyon de Chelly Natl. Monument is in NE, SW of Chuska Mts.,
near N.Mex. line. Part of Petrified Forest Natl. Monument is in W, on
Navajo co. line. NE corner of Apache co., called Four Corners, is only
point in U.S. common to 4 states (Ariz., N.Mex., Colo., Utah (UT)). Small
dam on Little Colo. R. near St. Johns provides water for irrigated area
producing hay, alfalfa; cattle, sheep; grain, sorghum. Part of the Zuni
Indian Reservation in SW corner; Lyman L. State Park in S center; part
of Apache Sitgreaves Natl. Forest in S. 6th largest co. in U.S.; formed
1879.
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