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Welcome to Florence Junction ...

Florence Junction is located in Pinal County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Florence Junction, you might consider that their post office opened in 1934.

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

Florence Junction is 1,880 feet [573 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Florence Junction ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Florence Junction - it's located in Vermont.

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

Communities near Florence Junction ...

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

  • Queen Creek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Apache Junction
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Florence
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Superior
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Smelter Town
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Smelter Town is located in Pinal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter Town
  • Gold Canyon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pinal ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Pinal is located in Pinal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinal
  • Cochran ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cochran is located in Pinal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
  • Silver King ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Silver King is located in Pinal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver King
  • Goldfield ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Goldfield is located in Pinal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Florence Junction ...

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

Adding Florence Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Florence Junction post office opened in 1934. The Florence Junction post office closed in 1966.

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

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>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Florence Junction - 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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