Welcome to Bonita ...
So far, we found very little information about Bonita. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Bonita to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bonita, please Contact Us.
Bonita would have been located within present day Graham County<2>.
The location of Bonita has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Bonita, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Bonita is 4,540 feet [1,384 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Bonita is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Bonita was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time
Note: If you travel east from Bonita (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.
If Bonita still existed, it would have been in the (928) area code.
Websites for Bonita ...
Chamber of Commerce: www.graham-chamber.com/
Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Bonita, the following might be of interest:
Communities Also Named Bonita ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Bonita - they are located in Alabama, California (3), Colorado (2), Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, Oregon (2), Texas (2) and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bonita.
Communities near Bonita ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bonita.
- Light ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Artesia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
- Artesia is located in Graham County
- Swift Trail Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Trail Junction
- Swift Trail Junction is located in Graham County
- Cactus Flat
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Flat
- Cactus Flat is located in Graham County
- Lebanon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
- Lebanon is located in Graham County
- Central
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Central is located in Graham County
- Safford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- 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 <6>
- Thatcher
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- 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 <6>
- Pima
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- 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 <6>
- Graham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Graham 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 Bonita. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bonita.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bonita. 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 Bonita.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bonita. See our Newspapers Page for Bonita.
Adding Bonita to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Bonita 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 Bonita was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
We also found Bonita on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Arizona (1956).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Bonita.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Graham County: www.graham.az.gov/
The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bonita, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Graham, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bonita - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |