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Welcome to Price ...

Price is located in Pinal County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Price, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Price is 1,580 feet [482 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Price ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Price - they are located in Arkansas (2), Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Brunswick, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas (3), Utah, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Price ...

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

  • Florence
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Coolidge
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Superior
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Kearny
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Cochran ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cochran is located in Pinal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran
  • Cactus Forest
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cactus Forest is located in Pinal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Forest
  • Adamsville ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Adamsville is located in Pinal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
  • Pinal ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Pinal is located in Pinal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinal
  • Smelter Town
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Smelter Town is located in Pinal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter Town
  • Gold Camp
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Gold Camp is located in Pinal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Camp

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Price ...

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

Adding Price to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Price post office opened in 1909. The Price post office closed in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Price.

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 Price - 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/