Official Name: | Carrizo, Arizona |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Arizona#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Carrizo |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Arizona |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Gila |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 23.44 |
Area Land Km2: | 23.39 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.06 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 9.05 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 9.03 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.02 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 92 |
Population Density Km2: | 3.93 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 10.19 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Elevation Ft: | 4918 |
Coordinates: | 33.9939°N -110.2886°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 85542[2] |
Area Code: | 928 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Carrizo (apw|'''Gaadisóh''') is a census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona, United States, located on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.
The community's name is Spanish for "reeds" and is likely derived from the Carrizo band of Apache.
It was the location of, or the nearest community to, the Black River Bridge (Carrizo, Arizona), which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Carrizo's population was 25 in the 1960 census.[3]
As of the 2010 Census, its population was 127, of which 125 were Native American.[4]
The White Mountain Apache Tribe operates the Fort Apache Connection Transit, which provides local bus service.[5]