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Place Name
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Gila County
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Pronunciation
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HEE-la
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Globe
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Population
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40,216 (1990)
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Location
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Arizona, United States, North America
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Latitude
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33°47'N
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Longitude
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110°49'W
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Gila
(HEE-la), county (
4,796 sq mi/12,422 sq km; 1990
pop. 40,216), E central Ariz.;  Globe; 33°47'N 110°49'W.
Bounded by San Carlos and Gila rivers in S, and Verde R. in extreme NW,
Mogollon Rim escarpment forms part of N boundary. Chief ranges are
Sierra Ancha and Mazatzal (W) and Pinal (S) Mts., drained by San
Carlos, Black, White, and East Verde rivers, Theodore Roosevelt Dam and
Reservoir on Salt R. in W, and Coolidge Dam and San Carlos Reservoir on
Gila R. in S provide water for irrigation. Co. includes large part of
Tonto Natl. Forest in NW and W and San Carlos and Fort Apache Indian
reservations in NE (San Carlos and Black rivers form boundary bet.
them). Only 2 small areas in S around Globe/Miami and in S
tip, are outside natl. forest and Indian reservation. Copper gold,
silver, vanadium are mined; cattle; hay. Tonto Natural Bridge State
Park to NW. Formed 1881.
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