Welcome to Artesia ...

Artesia is located in Graham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Artesia, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1912.

Artesia is 3,270 feet [997 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Artesia is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Artesia lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Artesia (for example, toward Virden (NM)), you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

Artesia lies within the (928) area code.

Websites for Artesia ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.graham-chamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Artesia, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Artesia ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Artesia - they are located in California, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico and North Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Artesia.

Communities near Artesia ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Artesia.

• Safford
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safford
  • Safford is located in Graham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,951 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Safford <3>
• Thatcher
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thatcher
  • Thatcher is located in Graham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,264 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thatcher <3>
• Pima
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pima
  • Pima is located in Graham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,588 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pima <3>
• Cactus Flat
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Flat
  • Cactus Flat is located in Graham County
• Solomon
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon
  • Solomon is located in Graham County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Solomon <3>
• San Jose
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
  • San Jose is located in Graham County
• Central
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Central is located in Graham County
• Graham
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Graham is located in Graham County
• Fort Grant
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Grant
  • Fort Grant is located in Graham County
• Bryce
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryce
  • Bryce is located in Graham County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Artesia. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Artesia.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Artesia. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Artesia.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Artesia. See our Newspapers Page for Artesia.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Artesia ...

Looking for more information about Artesia? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Artesia, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Artesia.

Adding Artesia to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Artesia in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Artesia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Artesia post office opened in 1912.

We also found Artesia on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Arizona (1951).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Artesia.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Artesia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Graham County: www.graham.az.gov/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/