Cornfields, Arizona

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Cornfields, Arizona
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Cornfields Chapter House
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Cornfields
Coordinates: 35°39′05″N109°40′32″W / 35.65139°N 109.67556°W / 35.65139; -109.67556
CountryUnited States
State Arizona
County Apache
Area
[1]
  Total0.38 sq mi (0.97 km2)
  Land0.38 sq mi (0.97 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
6,152 ft (1,875 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total221
  Density589.33/sq mi (227.52/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 (MST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
86505 [3]
Area code 928
FIPS code 04-15850
GNIS feature ID2582763 [2]

Cornfields is a chapter of the Navajo Nation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 255 at the 2010 census. [4]

Contents

Cornfields is part of the Fort Defiance Agency, of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Ganado, AZ is the delegate seat for the district that encompasses the Jeddito, Cornfields, Ganado, Kinlichee, Steamboat communities at the Navajo Nation Council.

Geography

A Navajo woman shows the long, dense wool of a Navajo-Churro ewe to a Navajo girl. Navajo people and sheep.jpg
A Navajo woman shows the long, dense wool of a Navajo-Churro ewe to a Navajo girl.

Cornfields is located about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Burnside.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.39 square miles (1.0 km2), all land. [4] Cornfields is part of the greater Ganado area which includes Ganado, Burnside, Cornfields, Kinlichee, Wood Springs, Klagetoh, and Steamboat and the family ranches dispersed amongst these sub-areas.

Education

It is in the Ganado Unified School District, [5] which operates Ganado High School.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 221
U.S. Decennial Census [6]

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References

  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cornfields, Arizona
  3. "Cornfields AZ ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cornfields CDP, Arizona". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  5. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Apache County, AZ" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 3/4 (sheet 2). Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.