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Welcome to Contention City (aka 'Contention') ...So far, we found very little information about Contention City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Contention City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Contention City, please Contact Us. Contention City would have been located within present day Cochise County<2>. We aren't confident of the location of Contention City, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3> Contention City was founded in 1880. While the community is gone, the present day location for Contention City is 3,790 feet [1,155 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Contention City is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Contention City was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time If Contention City still existed, it would have been in the (520) area code. The community of Contention City has also been called Contention. Communities near Contention City ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Contention City.
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 Contention City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Contention City. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Contention City. 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 Contention City. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Contention City. See our Newspapers Page for Contention City. Adding Contention City to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Contention City 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 Contention City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Contention City in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Contention City. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Cochise County: www.cochise.az.gov/ The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/ Footnotes ...
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