Official Name: | Gila Crossing, Arizona |
Native Name: | Kuiwa |
Native Name Lang: | ood |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Arizona#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Gila Crossing |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Name1: | Arizona |
Subdivision Name2: | Maricopa |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.25 |
Area Land Km2: | 2.25 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.87 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.87 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 636 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 731.03 |
Population Density Km2: | 282.16 |
Elevation Ft: | 1040 |
Timezone: | MST (no DST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Coordinates: | 33.2731°N -112.1628°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 85339[3] |
Area Code: | 520 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 04-27260 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2612138 |
Gila Crossing (O'odham: Kuiwa) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, within the Gila River Indian Community south of Komatke. The population was 636 at the 2020 census.[2]
The community is on the southern side of the Phoenix metropolitan area, in the valley of the Gila River. It is bordered to the north by Komatke and St. Johns, while the community of Santa Cruz is 3miles to the south, across the Gila River in Pinal County. Downtown Phoenix is to the northeast.
As of the census[4] of 2010, there were 621 people living in the CDP. The population density was 714.5 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the CDP was 84% Native American, 3% White, 1% Black or African American, 1% from other races, and 11% from two or more races. 15% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Gila River Transit connects Gila Crossing with Komatke and Maricopa Colony.[5]