Census Data for Contention City

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.

As far as we can tell, Contention City<2> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Contention City, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

Tombstone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tombstone
- Tombstone is located in Cochise County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tombstone <3>
Huachuca City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huachuca City
- Huachuca City is located in Cochise County
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Benson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Benson is located in Cochise County
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Sierra Vista
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Vista
- Sierra Vista is located in Cochise County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sierra Vista <3>
Bisbee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
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- Bisbee is located in Cochise County
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Cochise County ...

Contention City is located in Cochise County<4>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Cochise County.

Miscellaneous Information for Contention City ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Cochise County or the community of Contention City:

The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Contention City:
- GNIS ID for Contention City: 24378
- GNIS ID for Cochise County: 25442
- GNIS ID for State of Arizona: 1779777

The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 04 (Arizona)
- County Code: 003 (Cochise County)
- Place Code: 15325 (Contention City)
- State & County Code: 04/003 (Arizona / Cochise County)
- State & Place Code: 04/15325 (Arizona / Contention City)

Misc. Census Codes ...
- Contention City would have been located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and Division #8 (the Mountain Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Contention City.

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 Contention City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	Contention City is also known as Contention. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Contention City.
<3>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>	If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Cochise, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.