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Place Name
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Mohave County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Kingman
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Population
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93,497 (1990)
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Location
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Arizona, United States, North America
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Latitude
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35°42'N
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Longitude
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113°45'W
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Mohave
, county (
13,470 sq mi/34,887 sq km; 1990
pop. 93,497), NW Ariz.;  Kingman; 35°42'N 113°45'W. Mining
(lead, silver, zinc, gold, copper); agr. (cattle; alfala,
wheat, barley, sorgham, lettuce, honeydews). Hualpai, Mohave,
and Black mts. in SW. Drained by Big Sandy R. in SE. Parts of Grand
Canyon Natl. Park in N center and NE; parts of L. Mead Natl. Recreation
Area in NW and N center. Colorado R. bounds co. in large part on W.,
foms lakes Havasu, Mohave, and Mead and state boundary of Nev. (part)
and Calif.; entire W state line forms Pacific-Mountain time zone
boundary (Ariz is in Mountain); Colorado R. crosses co. in N and forms
part of E boundary; bounded by Utah on N, with Kaibab Creek forming NE
boundary; Bill Williams and Santa Maria rivers form S boundary. Part of
large Hualapai Indian Reservation in NE center, small sections of
reservation NE and SW of Kingman; part of Kaibab Indian Reservation in
far NE; part of Fort Mojave Indian Reservation in SW corner, on
Colorado R., next to Calif. and Nev. Mt. Nuff, Warm Springs,
and Wabayuma Peak wilderness areas in SW corner, 2 sects. of Havasu
Natl. Wildlife Refuge in SW; Paints and Beaver Dam wilderness areas in
NW corner; Hualapai Mt. Park in center, SE of Kingman; L. Havasu State
Park in SW. Hoover Dam forms L. Mead on Nev. border. Fifth-largest co.
in U.S. in land area. Formed 1864.
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