Editing List of counties in Arizona (section)

==Alphabetical listing==
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{{Countyrow|N=04|Num=001|Name=Apache|Seat=St. Johns|Data2=1879|Data3=Yavapai County|Data4=The [[Apache]] (''Ndee'') people. ''Apache'' is an [[exonym]] from [[Zuni language|Zuni]] ''ʔapaču'' "[[Navajo people|Navajo]]s" or [[Yavapai language|Yavapai]] ''ʔpačə'' "enemy".|Population=64800|Area=11218 |Size=100px}}
{{Countyrow|N=04|Num=003|Name=Cochise|Seat=Bisbee |Data2=1881|Data3=Pima County|Data4=[[Cochise]] (1805-1874), a [[Chiricahua]] [[Apache]] chief and leader of an 1861 uprising. ''Cochise'' is an [[anglicisation]] of ''K'uu-ch'ish'' "oak".|Population=125773|Area=6219|Size=100px}}
{{Countyrow|N=04|Num=005|Name=Coconino|Seat=Flagstaff |Data2=1891|Data3=Yavapai County|Data4=''Coconino'' is a former designation for the [[Havasupai people|Havasupai]], [[Hualapai people|Hualapai]], and/or [[Yavapai people|Yavapai]], derived from the [[Hopi language|Hopi]] [[exonym]] ''Kohonino''.|Population=145161|Area=18661|Size=100px}}
{{Countyrow|N=04|Num=007|Name=Gila|Seat=Globe |Data2=1881|Data3=Maricopa and Pinal Counties|Data4=The [[Gila River]], a [[tributary]] of the [[Colorado River|Colorado]]. Possibly from [[Western Apache language|Apache]] ''dzil'' "mountain," via Spanish ''Xila''.|Population=54073|Area=4796|Size=100px}}
{{Countyrow|N=04|Num=009|Name=Graham|Seat=Safford |Data2=1881|Data3=Apache and Pima Counties|Data4=[[Mount Graham]], in the [[Pinaleño Mountains|Pinaleños]]. Mt. Graham itself is named for [[Corps of Topographical Engineers|topographical engineer]] [[James Duncan Graham]] (1799-1865).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mgio.arizona.edu/history-mount-graham|title=A Little Bit of Mount Graham History|publisher=University of Arizona|access-date=2015-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227123316/http://mgio.arizona.edu/history-mount-graham|archive-date=February 27, 2014}}</ref>|Population=40242|Area=4641|Size=100px}}
{{Countyrow|N=04|Num=011|Name=Greenlee|Seat=Clifton|Data2=1909|Data3=Graham County|Data4=Mason Greenlee (1835-1903), early prospector. Named by an amendment initially intended to delay the bill creating "Lincoln County".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.greenlee.az.us/History/MasonGreenlee.aspx|title=History of Greenlee County: Mason Greenlee|publisher=Greenlee County Government|access-date=2007-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219192902/http://www.co.greenlee.az.us/historymason.aspx|archive-date=February 19, 2014}}</ref>|Population=9410|Area=1848|Size=100px}}
{{Countyrow|N=04|Num=012|Name=La Paz|Seat=Parker|Data2=1983|Data3=Yuma County|Data4=[[La Paz, Arizona]], a historic boomtown on the [[Colorado River]]. A [[La Paz (disambiguation)|common placename]], ''La Paz'' means "The Peace" in Spanish.|Population=16992|Area=4513|Size=100px}}
{{Countyrow|N=04|Num=013|Name=Maricopa|Seat=Phoenix |Data2=1871|Data3=Pima and Yavapai Counties|Data4=The [[Maricopa people|Maricopa]] (''Piipaash'') people. First attested in Spanish as ''Cocomaricopa'', no origin or meaning is definitively known.|Population=4673096|Area=9224|Size=100px}}
{{Countyrow|N=04|Num=015|Name=Mohave|Seat=Kingman |Data2=1864|Data3=—|Data4=The [[Mohave people|Mohave]] (''Aha Makhav'') people. The [[Mohave language|Mohave]] [[endonym]] means "along the water," referring to the [[Colorado River|Colorado]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mdhca.org/local-history/the-name-mojave|title=The Name Mojave|publisher=Mojave Desert Heritage and Cultural Association|access-date=2015-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213012903/http://mdhca.org/local-history/the-name-mojave|archive-date=February 13, 2015}}</ref>|Population=226479|Area=13470|Size=100px}}
{{Countyrow|N=04|Num=017|Name=Navajo|Seat=Holbrook |Data2=1895|Data3=Apache County|Data4=The [[Navajo people|Navajo]] (''Diné'') people. ''Navajo'' is an [[exonym]] from [[Tewa language|Tewa]] ''Navahu'' "big field," referring to the [[San Juan River (Colorado River)|San Juan River Valley]]|Population=109516|Area=9959|Size=100px}}
{{Countyrow|N=04|Num=019|Name=Pima|Seat=Tucson |Data2=1864|Data3=—|Data4=The [[Pima people|Pima]] (''Akimel O'odham'') people. ''Pima'' is a Spanish [[exonym]] from the [[O'odham language|O'odham]] phrase ''pi mac'' "(I) don't know," presumably heard during initial encounters.|Population=1080149|Area=9189|Size=100px}}
{{Countyrow|N=04|Num=021|Name=Pinal|Seat=Florence|Data2=1875|Data3=Maricopa and Pima counties|Data4=[[Pinal Peak]], possibly from Spanish ''pinal'' "place of pines". Pinal Peak is now within the borders of [[Gila County]].|Population=513862|Area=5374|Size=100px}}
{{Countyrow|N=04|Num=023|Name=Santa Cruz|Seat=Nogales|Data2=1899|Data3=Cochise and Pima counties|Data4=[[Santa Cruz River (Arizona)|Santa Cruz River]], a [[tributary]] of the [[Gila River|Gila]]. A [[Santa Cruz (disambiguation)|common placename]], ''Santa Cruz'' means "[[Christian cross|Holy Cross]]" in Spanish.|Population=50508|Area=1238|Size=100px}}
{{Countyrow|N=04|Num=025|Name=Yavapai|Seat=Prescott |Data2=1864|Data3=—|Data4=The [[Yavapai people]]. The ''Yavapé'' are one of four major [[Yavapai people#Yavapai bands|Yavapai bands]].|Population=252013|Area=8128|Size=100px}}
{{Countyrow|N=04|Num=027|Name=Yuma|Seat=Yuma|Data2=1864|Data3=—|Data4=''Yuma'' is a former name of the [[Quechan people]], derived from the [[O'odham language|O'odham]] [[exonym]] ''Yumĭ''.|Population=220310|Area=5519|Size=100px}}
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===Excluded counties===
[[File:Santa Ana County, New Mexico Territory.png|300px|thumb|right|Counties of the [[New Mexico Territory|Territory of New Mexico]], 1852.]]
* [[Doña Ana County, New Mexico Territory]]
* [[Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Territory]]
* [[Santa Ana County, New Mexico Territory]]
* [[Socorro County, New Mexico Territory]]
* [[Taos County, New Mexico Territory]]
* [[Valencia County, New Mexico Territory]]

===Extinct counties===
* [[Pah-Ute County, Arizona Territory]] (1865–1871), now part of [[Clark County, Nevada]] and [[Mohave County, Arizona]]
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