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Welcome to Eloy ...

The city of Eloy is located in Pinal County<1>.

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

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Eloy has a population of 18,364 people<2> (see below for details).

Eloy is 1,540 feet [469 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Code for Eloy: 520

The ZIP code for Eloy: 85231<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Eloy had an population of 18,364 people. This is an increase of 10.42% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 77% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Eloy had a population of 16,631 people. This makes Eloy the county's 5th most populous community.

The population of Eloy represents 0.26% of the population of Arizona (which has 6,392,017 people), making it the state's 35th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 16,631 people, the population of Eloy increased 60.3% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 10,375 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Eloy.

Websites for Eloy ...

Official Website:   www.ci.eloy.az.us/

Chamber of Commerce:   www.eloychamber.com/

Communities near Eloy ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Eloy ...

Looking for more information about Eloy? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Eloy, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Eloy.

Adding Eloy to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Eloy 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 Eloy was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Eloy post office opened in 1919.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Eloy.

The official website for Eloy: www.ci.eloy.az.us/

The official website for Pinal County: www.co.pinal.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 Pinal, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Eloy.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Eloy - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as Eloy). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Eloy or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>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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