Official Name: | Littlefield, Arizona |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Arizona#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Littlefield |
Coordinates: | 36.8872°N -113.9297°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Name1: | Arizona |
Subdivision Name2: | Mohave |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 86432 |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1865 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 30.55 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 11.80 |
Area Land Km2: | 30.55 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 11.80 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Elevation Ft: | 1850 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 256 |
Population Density Km2: | 8.38 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 21.70 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 04-41470 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 7237 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Littlefield is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, that is located in the Arizona Strip region. As of the 2020 census, its population was 256,[2] a decline from the figure of 308 tabulated in 2010.[3] It lies just south of Interstate 15, next to the Virgin River, approximately northeast of Mesquite, Nevada. Littlefield is located in the 86432 ZIP Code.
Littlefield was first settled by Latter-day Saints, also known as Mormons, in 1865.[4]
Littlefield is the former home of the Littlefield Unified School District, the geographically largest school district in Arizona. The only remnant of the school district in Littlefield itself is the historic adobe Littlefield Schoolhouse, currently under renovation.
Littlefield is in the northwestern corner of Mohave County (and the state of Arizona), along Interstate 15, with access from Exit 8. It is bordered to the north, across I-15, by the community of Beaver Dam. I-15 leads southwest 10miles to Mesquite, Nevada, and to Las Vegas, while to the northeast the highway enters the Virgin River Gorge and leads to St. George, Utah.
Littlefield, Beaver Dam, and Scenic have the distinction of being the only towns in Arizona along I-15. Owing to its location in the Arizona Strip, northwest of Grand Canyon National Park and west of the Virgin River, it is isolated by hundreds of miles from the rest of the state. Travel to other towns within Arizona requires crossing through either Nevada or Utah, or driving on unpaved roads to the rest of Arizona's road network.
The city is made up of 72.7 percent Hispanic, 27.3 percent White, 0 percent Black or Asian.[5]