Welcome to Ashurst ...

Ashurst is located in Graham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ashurst, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1919.

Ashurst is 2,730 feet [832 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Ashurst is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel east from Ashurst, 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.

Ashurst lies within the (928) area code.

Websites for Ashurst ...

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

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

Communities Also Named Ashurst ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Ashurst - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Ashurst ...

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

• Safford
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • 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
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • 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
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • 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>
• Fort Thomas
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Thomas
  • Fort Thomas is located in Graham County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Thomas <3>
• Bryce
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryce
  • Bryce is located in Graham County
• Emery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery
  • Emery is located in Graham County
• Central
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Central is located in Graham County
• Graham
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Graham is located in Graham County
• Bylas
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bylas
  • Bylas is located in Graham County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bylas <3>
• Cactus Flat
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Flat
  • Cactus Flat 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 Ashurst. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ashurst.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ashurst. 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 Ashurst.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ashurst ...

Looking for more information about Ashurst? 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 Ashurst, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ashurst.

Adding Ashurst to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ashurst 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 Ashurst was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Ashurst post office opened in 1919.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ashurst.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ashurst. 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/