Welcome to La Paz ...
So far, we found very little information about La Paz. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added La Paz to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with La Paz, please Contact Us.
La Paz would have been located within present day La Paz County<2>.
The location of La Paz has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of La Paz, you might consider that their post office opened in 1865.
While the community is gone, the present day location for La Paz is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where La Paz was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time
Note: If you leave La Paz and travel west, you will soon leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.
The location where La Paz once stood is in the (928) area code.
Communities Also Named La Paz ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arizona communities named La Paz: This one is located in La Paz County and the other is located in Mohave County.
Beyond Arizona, there are 3 communities that are also named La Paz - they are located in Indiana and Kansas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for La Paz.
Communities near La Paz ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near La Paz.
- Blythe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythe
- Blythe is located in Riverside County (CA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,673 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blythe <5>
- Quartzsite
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzsite
- Quartzsite is located in La Paz County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,814 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quartzsite <5>
- Ehrenberg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehrenberg
- Ehrenberg is located in La Paz County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ehrenberg <5>
- Olive City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olive City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive City
- Olive City is located in La Paz County
- Olive City has also been known as:
- Bradshaw's Ferry
- Olivia
- East Blythe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blythe
- East Blythe is located in Riverside County (CA)
- La Paz Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz Valley
- La Paz Valley is located in La Paz County
- Mesa Verde
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Verde
- Mesa Verde is located in Riverside County (CA)
- Poston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poston
- Poston is located in La Paz County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poston <5>
- Midland ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Midland is located in Riverside County (CA)
- Palo Verde
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palo Verde
- Palo Verde is located in Imperial County (CA)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palo Verde <5>
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 La Paz. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for La Paz.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of La Paz. 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 La Paz.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around La Paz. See our Newspapers Page for La Paz.
Adding La Paz to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of La Paz in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for La Paz was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the La Paz post office opened in 1865.
For more details, see References and Mentions for La Paz.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for La Paz County: www.co.la-paz.az.us/
The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/
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 La Paz, 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 La Paz, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around La Paz - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |