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Welcome to Congress Junction ...

So far, we found very little information about Congress Junction. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Congress Junction to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Congress Junction, please Contact Us.


Congress Junction would have been located within present day Yavapai County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Congress Junction, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

A typical abbreviation for Congress Junction: Congress Jct. (or less commonly used: Congress Jctn.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Congress Junction is 3,040 feet [927 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Congress Junction is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Congress Junction was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

The Area Code where Congress Junction was located: 928

Communities near Congress Junction ...

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

  • Wickenburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Glen Ilah
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Glen Ilah is located in Yavapai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ilah
  • Stanton ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Stanton is located in Yavapai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
  • Yarnell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Weaver ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Weaver is located in Yavapai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
  • Camp Date Creek ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Camp Date Creek is located in Yavapai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Date Creek
  • Octave ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Octave is located in Yavapai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octave
  • Peeples Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Constellation ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Constellation is located in Yavapai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constellation
  • Kirkland Junction
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Kirkland Junction is located in Yavapai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland Junction

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 Congress Junction. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Congress Junction.

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

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

Adding Congress Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Congress Junction 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 (so far) for Congress Junction was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Congress Junction post office opened in 1906. The Congress Junction post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Congress Junction.

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 Congress Junction, 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 Yavapai, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Congress Junction - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/