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Bosque, Arizona
Populated place
Country	United States
State	Arizona
County	Maricopa
Elevation	981 ft (299 m)
Time zone	Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
• Summer (DST)	MST (UTC-7)
Area code(s)	623
FIPS code	04-07240
GNIS feature ID	24334

Bosque is a populated place situated in Maricopa County, Arizona. While it was named for the groves of trees which once stood there ("Bosque" means forest grove in Spanish), the groves were cut down to be used by the local railroad during the 1890s. It has an estimated elevation of 981 feet (299 m) above sea level.

Municipalities and communities of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States

County seat: Phoenix

Cities	Apache Junction‡ Avondale Buckeye Chandler El Mirage Glendale Goodyear Litchfield Park Mesa Peoria‡ Phoenix Scottsdale Surprise Tempe Tolleson

Towns	Carefree Cave Creek Fountain Hills Gila Bend Gilbert Guadalupe Paradise Valley Queen Creek‡ Wickenburg‡ Youngtown

CDPs	Aguila Anthem Arlington Citrus Park Gila Crossing Kaka Komatke Maricopa Colony Morristown New River Rio Verde St. Johns Sun City Sun City West Sun Lakes Theba Tonopah Wintersburg Wittmann

Populated places	Adobe Agua Fria Allah Allenville Alma Gardens Alta Mira Amberwood Amberwood II Amberwood North Ambrosia Mill Andalusia Apache Wells Arrowhead Ranch Autumn Ridge Basking Ridge Beardsley Belaire Manor Big Horn Bosque Camel Camp Creek Chandler Heights‡ Chiulikam Circle City Co-op Village Cotton Center Crag Desert Hills Desert Village Mobile Home Park Desert Vista Estates III Dixie Dreamland Villa East Mesa Fennemore Forepaugh Fort McDowell Freeman Germann Gillespie Gladden Hacienda Solano Park Harqua Higley Horse Mesa Laveen Liberty Litchfield Junction Lizard Lone Butte Ranch Lone Mountain Ranch Maricopa Village, Arizona Matthie Midway Moivayi Montezuma Palo Verde Papago Piedra Point of Rocks Rainbow Valley Road Junction Windmill Rocky Point Saddle Saint Johns Mission Salt River San Lucy Village Santa Maria Sentinel Serape Shawmut Sunflower Tortilla Flat Waddell

Indian reservations	Gila River Indian Community‡ Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation‡

Ghost towns	Adamana Agua Caliente Marinette Vulture City

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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