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Unincorporated community in Arizona, United States
Higley, Arizona
Unincorporated community
Location of Higley in Maricopa County, shown within corporate limits of GilbertLocation of Higley in Maricopa County, shown within corporate limits of Gilbert
Coordinates: 33°18′26″N 111°43′13″W / 33.30722°N 111.72028°W / 33.30722; -111.72028
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyMaricopa
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))

Higley was an unincorporated community in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. Higley's ZIP code was 85236 until 2007, when the U.S. Postal Service decided to abolish it for physical addresses, the 85236 ZIP code, however, remains in use for P.O. Box addresses at the Higley post office, located on Ray Road. As of 2010, almost all of Higley has been annexed into Gilbert or the neighboring cities of Mesa and Queen Creek. All that officially remains of Higley as an independent community is the school district, Higley Unified School District, however, some remaining commercial buildings in and around the original townsite are still standing and operate as small businesses.

Geography

Higley was located at 33°18′26″N 111°43′13″W / 33.30722°N 111.72028°W / 33.30722; -111.72028 (33.30729, -111.720314), in the vicinity of Higley Rd. and Williams Field Rd. The original townsite was on the southwest corner.

History

Higley was named after one of the community's first landowners, Stephen Weaver Higley, and originated as a plot of 40 acres (160,000 m) purchased in 1905–1906 and platted in 1928.

Notes

  1. "Higley's ZIP code identity gets zapped". East Valley Tribune. June 6, 2007. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
  2. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  3. "Higley - Town of Queen Creek". Archived from the original on September 14, 2006. Retrieved August 3, 2006.
  4. "Plat Maps, Maricopa County Recorder". February 15, 1928. Retrieved June 4, 2023.

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Municipalities and communities of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
County seat: Phoenix
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