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Kofa, Arizona
Kofa, Arizona is located in Arizona
Kofa, Arizona
Kofa, Arizona
Location in Arizona
Kofa, Arizona is located in the United States
Kofa, Arizona
Kofa, Arizona
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Arizona
County Yuma
Elevation
390 ft (119 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (MST)
Area code(s) 928
FIPS code 04-38390
GNIS feature ID 24482

Kofa, also historically known as Kofa Station, is a populated place situated in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is located in the northern San Cristobal Valley, along the Union Pacific Railroad's Roll Industrial Lead.

The town, like the nearby hills of the same name, was derived from the acronym for "King of Arizona", which had been coined by Colonel Eugene Ives. Ives had purchased a nearby mine from Charles Eichelberg for $250,000, which he named the King of Arizona Mine. A post office was established in the town in 1900, with Lewis W. Alexander as its postmaster. It has an estimated elevation of 390 feet (120 m) above sea level.

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