Six Shooter Canyon, Arizona Explained

Official Name:Six Shooter Canyon, Arizona
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Arizona#USA
Pushpin Label:Six Shooter Canyon
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Name1:Arizona
Subdivision Name2:Gila
Area Total Km2:7.67
Area Total Sq Mi:2.96
Area Land Km2:7.67
Area Land Sq Mi:2.96
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Elevation Ft:3740
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:958
Population Density Km2:124.98
Population Density Sq Mi:323.65
Timezone:MST (no DST)
Utc Offset:-7
Coordinates:33.365°N -110.7675°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:85501[1]
Area Code:928
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:04-67295
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[2]

Six Shooter Canyon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gila County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,019 at the 2010 census.[3]

Geography

The CDP is located in southern Gila County, just south of the city of Globe. It is bordered to the west by the Icehouse Canyon CDP, to the north by Pinal, and to the east by an outer part of the city of Globe. Six Shooter Canyon is drained by Pinal Creek, which flows north through the center of Globe and eventually to the Salt River near Theodore Roosevelt Lake. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 7.55km2, all land.[3]

Six Shooter Canyon is the location of the Gila Pueblo campus of Eastern Arizona College.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Six Shooter Canyon AZ ZIP Code. zipdatamaps.com. 2023. February 17, 2023.
  2. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. October 29, 2021.
  3. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Six Shooter Canyon CDP, Arizona. U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. November 3, 2016.