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Welcome to Cornfields ...

Cornfields is located within the Navajo Nation.

Cornfields is located in Apache County<1>.



While we don't have a date for the founding of Cornfields, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

Cornfields is 6,130 feet [1,868 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Cornfields is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Cornfields lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Cornfields and travel west, you will soon leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

The telephone area code for Cornfields: (928)

Communities near Cornfields ...

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

  • Burnside
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
    • Burnside is located in Apache County
  • Ganado
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Steamboat
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
    • Steamboat is located in Apache County
  • Greasewood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasewood
    • Greasewood is located in Navajo County
  • Klagetoh
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klagetoh
    • Klagetoh is located in Apache County
  • Toyei
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toyei
    • Toyei is located in Apache County
  • Kinlichee
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinlichee
    • Kinlichee is located in Apache County
  • Woodsprings
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsprings
    • Woodsprings is located in Apache County
    • Woodsprings has also been known as:
    • Woodspring Trading Post
  • Wide Ruins
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wide Ruins
    • Wide Ruins is located in Apache County
  • Nazlini
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cornfields. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cornfields.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cornfields ...

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

Adding Cornfields to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cornfields post office opened in 1910.

We also found Cornfields on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Arizona (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cornfields.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cornfields. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Apache County: www.co.apache.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Apache, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cornfields - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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