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Meteor City, Arizona
Populated place
Country	United States
State	Arizona
County	Coconino
Elevation	5,033 ft (1,534 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (MST)
Area code(s)	928
FIPS code	04-46105
GNIS feature ID	24515

Meteor City (Navajo: Tséłchííʼ Ńdeeshgiizh) is a populated place situated in Coconino County, Arizona. It has an estimated elevation of 5,033 feet (1,534 m) above sea level. Located next to Leupp Corner, it is so-named because of its proximity to Meteor Crater. Created as a tourist stop, it is the turn-off of Route 66 to visit the crater. At one time the sign upon entering the town once read, "Population: 1".

Municipalities and communities of Coconino County, Arizona, United States

County seat: Flagstaff

Cities	Flagstaff Page Sedona‡ Williams

Towns	Fredonia Tusayan

CDPs	Bitter Springs Cameron Doney Park Fort Valley Grand Canyon Village Kachina Village Kaibab‡ Kaibito LeChee Leupp Moenkopi Mountainaire Munds Park Parks Supai Tolani Lake Tonalea Tuba City Valle Winslow West‡

Populated places	Allan Lake Landing Angell Apex Babbit Winter Bellemont Big Springs Bishop Place Black Falls Crossing Bootlegger Crossing Chair Crossing Clints Well Coal Mine Mesa Coconino Corva Cosnino Cow Springs Coyote Basin Ranch Cucamonga Junction Darling Daze Dennison Durfee Crossing Echinique Place Elden Pueblo Forest Lakes Forest Lakes Estates, Arizona Fort Tuthill Frazier Wells Gray Mountain Happy Jack Hidden Springs Mission Horse Crossing Indian Gardens Jacob Lake Jones Crossing Kinder Crossing Lakeview Leupp Corner Little Spring Long Valley Lost Eden Lower Tillman Macks Crossing Mangum Springs, Arizona Marble Canyon Meteor City Moenave Moqui Mormon Crossing Mormon Lake Mule Crossing Navajo Mountain (Chapter) Navajo Mountain Mission North Rim Old Leupp One Mile Pilgrim Playground Rare Metals Rimmy Jims Riordan Robbers Roost Rockledge Rose Well Camp Ryan Saint Joseph Youth Camp Sand Springs Sereno Sereno Spring Tin House Winona

Indian reservations	Hopi‡ Hualapai‡ Havasupai Kaibab‡ Navajo‡

Ghost towns	Canyon Diablo Two Guns

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

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