La Paz
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1862
- Population
- 0
- Coordinates
- 33.679, -114.426
Why it was abandoned
⛏️ Gold rush
Detected automatically from the text: La Paz was a short-lived early gold mining town along the Colorado River on the western border of current-day La Paz County, Arizona.
History
La Paz was a short-lived early gold mining town along the Colorado River on the western border of current-day La Paz County, Arizona. The town grew quickly after gold was discovered nearby in 1862. La Paz, Spanish for peace, was chosen as the name in recognition of the feast day for Our Lady of Peace. Originally located in the New Mexico Territory, the town became part of the Arizona Territory when President Abraham Lincoln established the new territory in 1863. In 1983 the newly formed County of La Paz adopted the name, long after the town had become a ghost town.