MOBILE, ARIZONA

'Mobile' is an unincorporated community located in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. It is situated about 35 miles southwest of Phoenix, Arizona, and has a population of less than 100. Mobile is also home to a number of solid-waste landfills. Lufthansa operates a private airport to the north of Mobile, used for pilot training by student pilots spending a semester in Goodyear. Its ICAO airport code is 1AZ0, and features ILS on runway 9.

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History

Geography

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History

Mobile was founded in the 1930s as an area for African-Americans to live. Local lore has it that some of its early residents were African-Americans from Mobile, Alabama. However, researchers have found that railroad companies referred to the area as "Mobile" almost a decade before the first permanent settler in the area in the 1920s. In the 1930s, two railroad cars were used for two separate schoolhouses (one black and one for whites), and the population of local homesteaders reached about 100. By the 1950s the town was booming with almost 400 inhabitants, but the lack of employment, running water and educational facilities (no education past 8th grade) led to the exodus of most of the original residents and their descendants.
Today, Mobile is home to less than 100 residents, most of whom are white.

Geography

Mobile is located at geographical coordinates 33° 3' 19" N 112° 16' 16" W (33.055301, -112.271102).
The private airstrip is located at 33° 6'43.27"N 112°16'8.66"W (33.111720, -112.269517).
The City of Goodyear has recently expanded its planning area to extend far south and includes Mobile.^[1]

References

1. Sonoran Valley Planning Area[.pdf]

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