Editing Duncan, Arizona

{{Short description|Town in Greenlee County, Arizona}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = 
| official_name                   = Duncan, Arizona
| settlement_type                 = Town
| image_skyline                   = Duncan-Bank of Duncan - 1908.jpg
| image_caption                   = Bank of Duncan – 1908
| imagesize                       = 
| image_flag                      = Flag of Duncan, Arizona.svg
| image_map                       = File:Greenlee County Arizona Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Duncan Highlighted 0420750.svg
| mapsize                         = 250px
| map_caption                     = Location of Duncan in Greenlee County, Arizona
| pushpin_map                     = USA
| pushpin_map_caption             = Location in the United States
| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_type1               = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of counties in Arizona|County]]
| subdivision_name                = United States
| subdivision_name1               = [[Arizona]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Greenlee County, Arizona|Greenlee]]
| established_title               = Incorporated
| established_date                = 1938{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
| government_type                 = Municipal (Council/Manager Form) 
| leader_title                    = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name                     = 
| unit_pref                       = Imperial
| area_footnotes                  = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_04.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
| area_total_km2                  = 5.57
| area_total_sq_mi                = 2.15
| area_land_km2                   = 5.57
| area_land_sq_mi                 = 2.15
| area_water_km2                  = 0.00
| area_water_sq_mi                = 0.00
| elevation_ft                    = 3763
| elevation_footnotes             = <ref name=gnis/>
| population_as_of                = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est                  = 
| pop_est_as_of                   = 
| pop_est_footnotes               = 
| population_footnotes            = 
| population_total                = 694
| population_density_km2          = 124.52
| population_density_sq_mi        = 322.49
| timezone                        = [[Mountain Standard Time Zone|MST]] (no [[Daylight savings time|DST]])
| utc_offset                      = −7
| coordinates                     = {{coord|32|44|00|N|109|05|52|W|type:city_region:US-AL|display=it}}
| timezone_DST                    = 
| utc_offset_DST                  = 
| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code                     = 85534
| area_code                       = [[Area code 928|928]]
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = 04-20750
| blank1_name                     = [[GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info                     = 2412451<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2412451}}</ref>
| website                         = {{URL|duncanaz.us}}
| footnotes                       = 
}}

'''Duncan''' is a town in [[Greenlee County, Arizona]], United States. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], the population of the town was 696.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0420750| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Duncan town, Arizona| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=November 9, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In 2018 the estimated population was 789.<ref name="USCensusEst2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2018.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|access-date=June 4, 2019}}</ref>

Duncan is in the [[Gila River]] valley, {{convert|4|mi|0|spell=in}} west of the Arizona–[[New Mexico]] border. The town limits are on both sides of the Gila River, but the primary portion of the town and the entire downtown area lies on the south side of the river.

Duncan was founded in the mid-19th century, and the land was added to the United States as a part of the [[Mexican Cession]], and the [[Gadsden Purchase]]. The town of Duncan has been destroyed twice by flood and once by fire.{{when|date=July 2023}}

The town and unincorporated county surrounding the town are primarily populated by farming, ranching, and mining families. (Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Morenci & Safford copper mines in southeastern Arizona and Chino & Tyrone in southwestern New Mexico). Surrounding smaller unincorporated settlements such as [[Franklin, Arizona|Franklin]] and [[York, Arizona|York]] in Arizona, and the Village of [[Virden, New Mexico]], all use Duncan public schools. The areas along the Gila River are renowned for Native American artifacts such as arrowheads, pottery, burial sites, cave paintings, and other remnants of the [[Anasazi]] and other pre-historic cultures that inhabited the area until overpopulation and severe droughts between 1000 and 1290 C.E. caused them to vanish, (a remnant of the Chiricahua Band of Apache Indians remained in the upper Gila River Valley as late as the 1930s) as well as artifacts from garrison camps of the expedition of [[Francisco Vázquez de Coronado]].

[[Duncan High School]] (mascot: Wildkat; school colors: red, grey, and white) competes in many sports, Fall- Mens "8 Man" Football AIA Div 1, Ladies VolleyBall, M/W Cross-country; Winter - M/W Basketball; Spring - Mens Baseball, Womens Softball, M/W Tennis, M/W Golf, M/W Track & Field.

[[U.S. Supreme Court]] Justice [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] was born in [[El Paso, Texas]], but grew up near Duncan on the Lazy B ranch, which straddles the border between Arizona and New Mexico. The Day family ran the ranch for many years until selling it; it continues to be run as a ranch. O'Connor later wrote a book titled ''Lazy B: Growing up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest'' about her childhood experiences on the ranch with her brother H. Alan Day.

==Geography==
[[U.S. Route 70]] passes through downtown, leading west {{convert|39|mi}} to [[Safford, Arizona]], and southeast {{convert|35|mi}} to [[Lordsburg, New Mexico]], and [[Interstate 10]]. [[Arizona State Route 75]] leads north from Duncan {{convert|28|mi}} to [[Clifton, Arizona|Clifton]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town of Duncan has a total area of {{convert|5.6|km2|order=flip}}, all of it land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

===Climate===
Duncan has a [[semi-arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''BSk'') with huge [[diurnal temperature variation|diurnal temperature ranges]] year-round except during periods of thundery [[North American Monsoon|monsoon]] weather. In April the average diurnal range is as high as {{convert|43.7|F-change|C-change}} and it is only less than {{convert|36|F-change|C-change}} in the often stormy months of July and August when over a third of the year's total rainfall can be expected.

During a typical year 131.6 nights will fall below {{convert|32|F|C}}, but only 7.8 days fail to top {{convert|50|F|C}}, and there are only seven occurrences of nights falling to {{convert|0|F|C|1}} or lower, notably on December 24, 1953, and January 11, 1962, when the record low of {{convert|−2|F|C|1}} was set.

Rainfall is generally scanty outside of the monsoon season, with substantial falls from winter storms being rare, although December 1991 did see {{convert|4.76|in|mm|1|disp=or}} of rain. The wettest month since continuous records began in 1942 has been August 2014 with {{convert|6.17|in|mm|1|disp=or}}, whilst the wettest calendar year has been 1983 with {{convert|18.88|in|mm|1|disp=or}} and the driest 1956 with {{convert|3.49|in|mm|1|disp=or}}.<ref>[[National Weather Service]], Tucson; [http://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=twc NOW Data]</ref> Snowfall is most unusual, with the median being zero and the mean only {{convert|0.5|in|m|3}}. The most snowfall ever in Duncan was {{convert|15.0|in|m|2|disp=or}} during the record Western cold wave of January 1949.
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{{Weather box
|location = Duncan, Arizona (1971–2000; extremes 1901–2001)
|single line = Yes
|collapsed = Yes
|Jan record high F = 80
|Feb record high F = 85
|Mar record high F = 95
|Apr record high F = 100
|May record high F = 108
|Jun record high F = 111
|Jul record high F = 110
|Aug record high F = 107
|Sep record high F = 103
|Oct record high F = 99
|Nov record high F = 87
|Dec record high F = 78
|year record high F = 111
|Jan high F = 60.0
|Feb high F = 65.0
|Mar high F = 71.0
|Apr high F = 79.3
|May high F = 87.7
|Jun high F = 96.9
|Jul high F = 97.1
|Aug high F = 94.4
|Sep high F = 90.1
|Oct high F = 80.3
|Nov high F = 68.2
|Dec high F = 59.6
|year high F = 79.1
|Jan low F = 23.7
|Feb low F = 26.5
|Mar low F = 31.0
|Apr low F = 35.6
|May low F = 44.6
|Jun low F = 53.6
|Jul low F = 63.3
|Aug low F = 62.2
|Sep low F = 54.2
|Oct low F = 41.0
|Nov low F = 28.5
|Dec low F = 22.9
|year low F = 40.6
|Jan record low F = −2
|Feb record low F = −1
|Mar record low F = 9
|Apr record low F = 13
|May record low F = 22
|Jun record low F = 32
|Jul record low F = 42
|Aug record low F = 39
|Sep record low F = 34
|Oct record low F = 17
|Nov record low F = 6
|Dec record low F = −2
|year record low F = −2
|Jan rain inch = 0.96
|Feb rain inch = 0.94
|Mar rain inch = 0.62
|Apr rain inch = 0.24
|May rain inch = 0.38
|Jun rain inch = 0.38
|Jul rain inch = 2.26
|Aug rain inch = 2.18
|Sep rain inch = 1.06
|Oct rain inch = 1.30
|Nov rain inch = 0.77
|Dec rain inch = 1.19
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain days = 5.0
|Feb rain days = 4.5
|Mar rain days = 4.1
|Apr rain days = 1.5
|May rain days = 1.9
|Jun rain days = 2.2
|Jul rain days = 8.5
|Aug rain days = 8.5
|Sep rain days = 4.6
|Oct rain days = 4.4
|Nov rain days = 2.9
|Dec rain days = 4.7
|unit rain days = 0.01 inch
|source 1 = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<ref name=NOAA>{{cite web
|url=http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/climatenormals/clim20/az/022754.pdf
|title=DUNCAN, AZ
|publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
|access-date=May 14, 2016
}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
}}
</div>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1940= 887
|1950= 941
|1960= 862
|1970= 773
|1980= 603
|1990= 662
|2000= 812
|2010= 696
|2020= 694
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 812 people, 294 households, and 206 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|317.6|pd/sqmi}}. There were 384 housing units at an average density of {{cvt|150.2|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup of the town was 81.8% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.5% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.9% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 13.6% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.2% from two or more races. 31.5% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 294 households, out of which 42.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 17.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.6% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.33.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 35.2% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 22.2% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $27,368, and the median income for a family was $33,750. Males had a median income of $32,232 versus $18,333 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $13,642. About 14.0% of families and 16.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 17.4% of those under age 18 and 23.2% of those age 65 or over.

==Transportation==

[[Greyhound Lines]] serves Duncan on its [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]–[[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]] via [[Globe, Arizona|Globe]] route.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Commons category|Duncan, Arizona}}

==External links==
* [https://duncanaz.us/ Town of Duncan official website]

{{Greenlee County, Arizona}}

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[[Category:Towns in Greenlee County, Arizona]]
[[Category:Safford, Arizona micropolitan area]]