Bagdad
In Arizona? We thought Bagdad was practically on the other side of the world. Are there camels?
Population: 1,876
Median age: 30.1
Median household income: $61,018
Arizona cities with cool names
Are you Eagar or Lazy (Y U)? Is Del Muerto where the ghosts of people from Tombstone go to rattle chains? Are we surprised by Surprise? Is Top-of-the-World higher than So-Hi?
Many of these places aren't cities or towns. Some are barely wide spots in the road. They are all Census Designated Places, meaning there's a community, even if it isn't incorporated.
Populations are mostly from 2010, the larger cities have 2013 populations. Median household income figures are from 2010 as well.
You may be tickled by another place name in Arizona. We're sorry if it wasn't included, but we had to make choices.
Bagdad, Arizona
Bitter Springs, Arizona
Bitter Springs
Is it the water that's bitter or the people?
Population: 452
Median age: 24.2
Median household income: $28,926
Brenda, Arizona
Brenda
If a place must be named for a person, at least it's a name that is easily pronounced.
Population: 676
Median age: 68.1
Median household income: $33,396
Cane Beds, Arizona
Cane Beds
Is this what we'll find in the local hotel? Is there a hotel in a place this small?
Population: 448
Median age: 29.2
Median household income: $34,445
Carefree, Arizona
Carefree
The residents don't have a worry in the world.
Population: 3,487
Median age: 60.2
Median household income: $74,225
Eagar, Arizona
Eagar
These aren't lazy people here.
Population: 4,916
Median age: 34.9
Median household income: $55,641
Lazy Y U
Lazy Y U
Perhaps this is where one goes if he has been banished from Eagar, Arizona. This is a ranch, but one has to wonder if people can afford to be lazy.
Population: 428
Median age: 51.9
Median household income: $34,445
Chloride, Arizona
Chloride
Should we thank Chloride when we swim in the pool?
Population: 271
Median age: 63.8
Median household income: $34,445
Cornfields, Arizona
Cornfields
We just hope there are no crop circles.
Population: 255
Median age: 28.8
Median household income: $33,867
Wheatfields, Arizona
Wheatfields
They'll never go hungry.
Population: 785
Median age: 48.5
Median household income: $33,867
Dateland, Arizona
Dateland
But is it a romantic spot? We know, wrong kind of date.
Population: 416
Median age: 42.3
Median household income: $39,485
Del Muerto, Arizona
Del Muerto
Is this a ghost town or just a dead end?
Population: 329
Median age: 27.9
Median household income? $33,867
Six Shooter Canyon
Six Shooter Canyon
Surprisingly, this isn't all that close to Tombstone.
Population: 1,019
Median age: 41.2
Median household income: $36,642
Tombstone, Arizona
Tombstone
Everyone has heard of Tombstone, so they don't stop to think: Isn't this a morbid name for a town?
Population: 1,338
Median age: 54.4
Median household income: $20,673
First Mesa, Arizona
First Mesa
Does this mean it came before Mesa?
Population: 1,555
Median age: 32.8
Median household income: $39,643
Second Mesa, Arizona
Second Mesa
First Mesa, Second Mesa ... where does "just" Mesa fall in this order?
Population: 962
Median age: 28.9
Median household income: $17,900
Fredonia, Arizona
Fredonia
Now we know where that fictitious place we hear about in movies and TV shows is.
Population 1,307
Median age: 37.6
Median household income: $39,093
So-Hi, Arizona
So-Hi
How high is it?
Population: 477
Median age: 52
Median household income: $34,445
Top-of-the-World, Arizona
Top-of-the-World
This is where you go when So-Hi isn't high enough.
Population: 231
Median age: 54.9
Median household income: $73,488
Strawberry, Arizona
Strawberry
It's just the yummiest place. Did the Beatles visit?
Population: 961
Median age: 60.5
Median household income: $24,810
Surprise, Arizona
Surprise
We bet it isn't surprising at all, just a normal city.
Population: 123,546
Median age: 36
Median household income: $59,553
Tuba City, Arizona
Tuba City
The marching band is amazing.
Population: 8,611
Median age: 27
Median household income: $47,216
Why, Arizona
Why
They wanted to call it "Y" because of the figure the roads made on a map. Rules at the time said the name had to be three letters, and an easy way to tease Arizona newcomers was born.
Population: 116