| Cascabel, Arizona | |
| Settlement Type: | Rural community |
| Pushpin Map: | Arizona#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Name1: | Arizona |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cochise |
| Elevation Ft: | 3195 |
| Elevation M: | 974 |
| Timezone: | MST (no DST) |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Coordinates: | 32.2914°N -110.3794°W |
Cascabel is a rural community in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.
It is located at 32.291N / 110.378W, on the banks of the San Pedro River, east of Tucson and about 37 km north-northwest of Benson.
The name Cascabel derives from Spanish for "rattle", because an early settler killed a large rattlesnake here.[1] Cascabel was a small farming community. The post office was started by Alex Herron, a small ranch and store owner, in 1916. When deciding what to name the Cascabel post office, Herron, while on the way to Benson, met a Mexican man with a dead rattlesnake. Herron asked what the name of the snake was and the man replied "Cascabel." This was the name Herron decided to name the post office.[2] The post office was in operation until 1936.