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Palo Verde, Arizona
Unincorporated community
Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona
Country	United States
State	Arizona
County	Maricopa
Elevation	845 ft (258 m)
Time zone	Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)

Palo Verde is a small unincorporated community in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. It is located about 40 miles west of Phoenix, and 6 miles southwest of downtown Buckeye.

Despite sharing a name, the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station is located in nearby Wintersburg.

Palo Verde exists as a county island within the planning boundary of Buckeye. This precludes any possibility of incorporation for the community, but annexation into Buckeye is a possibility.

In 1995, a train derailment occurred near the town of Palo Verde.

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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