Editing Arizona City, Arizona (section)

==History==
The area around what is now known as Arizona City was used as a resting area for [[Juan Bautista de Anza]]'s expedition party after they emerged from [[Apache]] land in 1775. The area is considered an official part of the [[Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail]]. This historic trail begins in [[Sonora, Mexico|Sonora]], Mexico, and ends at the Presidio in San Francisco, California.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

The unincorporated census-designated place was founded in 1959 when Jack McRae, president of the Arizona City Development Corporation, purchased and developed {{convert|2.5|acre|ha|abbr=off}} of land in the Santa Cruz Valley in the area that would eventually grow to become the 6.2 square-mile modern day townsite. The location was selected because of the abundance of deep water from the [[Santa Cruz River (Arizona)|Santa Cruz River]] found in the valley. At the time, the water was considered some of the purest in Arizona; every 14 days samples were sent to the state [[Health Department]] and would come back consistently rated 100% pure.<ref name=autogenerated2>{{Cite web|title=Arizona City, AZ|url=http://www.myarizonacity.com/|access-date=September 20, 2021|website=www.myarizonacity.com}}</ref> As the community grew, a [[Contracted United States Post Office]] with Free E-P.O Box was established on April 1, 1962, and Arizona City began appearing on [[Rand McNally]] road atlases in 1963. It is uncertain how the name of the community was chosen.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> Many attempts have been made to establish another form of mail delivery and do away with the outdated method of Free E-P.O Box, last vote being held several years ago (which had originally passed) but a re-vote was conducted in winter when part-time residence (winter visitors) returned and it was rejected. Many new full-time families have located in recent years (approximately 2018-2023) and the current method is inadequate. It has negatively affected residents for decades. USPS does not deliver to homes and is a contracted office that holds the bid. Petitions have been established on change.org to establish curbside mail delivery as surrounding areas receive. Many residents are unhappy with the current method. 
https://www.pinalcentral.com/arizona_city_independent/news/some-az-city-residents-unhappy-with-post-office/article_acac071f-d3c7-58cf-aadf-321b2ad9e7a3.html
From time to time, most recently in 2007, attempts have been made to [[municipal corporation|incorporate as a municipality]], but they have so far always been defeated at the ballot box, except for the first effort in the early 1980s, which succeeded at the ballot box but was overturned in court because there were not enough residents at that time to incorporate.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fastcase – Beyond Research|url=https://www.fastcase.com/|access-date=September 20, 2021|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18998717&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=8| title = www.zwire.com| access-date = December 10, 2007| archive-date = December 27, 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081227071157/http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18998717&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=8| url-status = dead}}</ref>

The area in and around Arizona City contained several of the 272 concrete [[Corona Satellite Calibration Targets]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Magazine|url=https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/|access-date=September 20, 2021|website=Roadtrippers|language=en}}</ref><ref name="BT">{{cite web|title=Corona Test Targets|url=http://borntourist.com/index.php/corona-test-targets|website=borntourist.com|access-date=April 14, 2016|archive-date=April 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424005854/http://borntourist.com/index.php/corona-test-targets|url-status=dead}}</ref> which were used to calibrate cameras on the satellites in the [[Corona (satellite)|Corona Satellite Program]] that lasted from 1959 to 1972. These satellites were used for espionage on the [[Soviet Union]] (USSR) and [[China]] during the [[Cold War]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Rich|first=Michael D.|title=Rand's Role in the Corona Program|url=https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P8017.html|publisher=[[Rand Corporation]]|access-date=March 9, 2014}}</ref> Many of these have since been removed, but one still exists at the corner of West Alsdorf Road and South Sunland Gin Road in the center of the community.