| Nothing, Arizona | |
| Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
| Pushpin Map: | Arizona#United States |
| Pushpin Label: | Nothing |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Arizona |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mohave |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1977 |
| Elevation Ft: | 3268 |
| Population As Of: | 2008 |
| Population Total: | 0 |
| Coordinates: | 34.4797°N -113.3353°W |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2675317 |
Nothing is an uninhabited ghost town in eastern Mohave County, Arizona, United States.
The locals told travelers it "got named by a bunch of drunks."[1] Nothing has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[2]
The settlement was established in 1977 by Richard "Buddy" Kenworthy,[3] located northwest of Phoenix,[4] and south of Wikieup, the "rattlesnake capital of Arizona."[5] It is west of Bagdad at milepost 148½ on U.S. Route 93 (the Joshua Forest Scenic Parkway) between Wickenburg and Kingman, on the route from Las Vegas to Phoenix.[6]
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) installed one of four motorist call boxes on U.S. 93 at Nothing.[7]
At its height, Nothing had a population of four. The settlement contained a gas station and small convenience store.[10]
Nothing was abandoned by May 2005 when Kenworthy moved on from the settlement, and by August 2008, the disused gas station was beginning to collapse.[11] An attempted revival of Nothing occurred at some time after August 2008 when Nothing was purchased by Mike Jensen.[12] By April 2009, Jensen had opened his pizza business, run from a portable oven, with hopes of reopening the mini-mart and creating accommodations for RVs.
In April 2011, Nothing was marked as abandoned once again. The building has fresh boards in the windows, and no sign of inhabitance or any activity. More recently the building has been repurposed and used as an unofficial bathroom for travelers.[13]
In 2016, Century 21 Real Estate ran a "Give Dad Nothing" promotion where a free 24-hour lease to a piece of property at Nothing, Arizona could be secured for June 19, 2016 (Father's Day) only.[14] The promotion was done with the participation of the current property owner[15] and included a downloadable "Certificate of Nothing" and gift card.