National Register of Historic Places listings in Arizona facts for kids

Have you ever wondered about old buildings or special places that tell a story? In Arizona, there's a list of these important spots called the National Register of Historic Places. This list helps protect and celebrate places that are special because of their history, architecture, or what happened there.

Arizona has about 1,400 places on this list! Every one of its fifteen counties has at least ten historic sites. Some of these places are even more special and are called National Historic Landmarks. Arizona has 47 of these top-tier landmarks.

Arizona counties (clickable map)

Historic Places by County

The National Register of Historic Places keeps track of all the important sites across the United States. In Arizona, these sites are spread out among all the different counties. This table shows how many historic places each county in Arizona has.

These numbers are updated often, so new places might be added to the list over time!

Maricopa County Courthouse, Phoenix Douglas Municipal Airport Sugar Beet Factory in Glendale

County Number of Sites 1 Apache 32 2 Cochise 86 3 Coconino 155 4 Gila 52 5 Graham 34 6 Greenlee 10 7 La Paz 10 8.1 Maricopa: Phoenix 208 8.2 Maricopa: Other 179 8.3 Maricopa: Total 387 9 Mohave 70 10 Navajo 55 11 Pima 180 12 Pinal 110 13 Santa Cruz 53 14.1 Yavapai: Prescott 71 14.2 Yavapai: Other 59 14.3 Yavapai: Total 130 15 Yuma 60 (Duplicates) (6) Total: 1,418

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