Official Name: | Mescal, Arizona |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Arizona#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Mescal |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Arizona |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cochise |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 12.77 |
Area Land Km2: | 12.76 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.93 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.92 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1751 |
Population Density Km2: | 137.26 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 355.53 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Elevation Ft: | 4170 |
Coordinates: | 31.9675°N -110.4367°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 85602 |
Area Code: | 520 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 2582826 |
Mescal is a Census-designated place located in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.
Mescal was originally a populated place, at a rail station on the Southern Pacific Railroad at an elevation of 4,085 feet. The modern community lies to the south of the railroad near Interstate 10, at 4,170 feet. Mescal had a population of 1,812 in the 2010 Census.[2] Mescal had a post office from 1913 until 1931.
Benson Area Transit provides transportation to Benson two days a week.[3]
Parts of the movie Tom Horn, starring Steve McQueen, were filmed in Mescal. Other productions filmed in Mescal include Tombstone (1993), The Quick and the Dead (1995) starring Sharon Stone and Leonardo DiCaprio, and Bill O’Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Real West - Doc Holliday (2015).