Welcome to Quartzsite ...

The town of Quartzsite is located in La Paz County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Quartzsite, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1896.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Quartzsite has a population of 3,788 people<2> (see below for details).

Quartzsite is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Quartzsite (for example, toward Blythe (CA)), you will 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.

Quartzsite lies within the (928) area code.

The ZIP codes for Quartzsite: 85346, 85359<4>

Websites for Quartzsite ...

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

Chamber of Commerce:   www.quartzsitechamber.org/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Quartzsite had an population of 3,788 people. This is an increase of 3.02% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 12.94% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Quartzsite had a population of 3,677 people (which is 17.95% of the total population of La Paz County). This makes Quartzsite the county's most populous community.

The population of Quartzsite represents 0.06% of the population of Arizona (which has 6,392,017 people), making it the state's 68th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 3,677 people, the population of Quartzsite increased 9.63% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 3,354 people).

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

Communities near Quartzsite ...

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

• La Paz Valley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz Valley
  • La Paz Valley is located in La Paz County
• Morgantown
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgantown
  • Morgantown is located in La Paz County
• Brenda
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenda
  • Brenda is located in La Paz County
• Ehrenberg
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • 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
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olive City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> 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
• Utting
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utting
  • Utting is located in La Paz County
• Bouse
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bouse
  • Bouse is located in La Paz County
  • Former name for Bouse:
  • Brayton
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bouse <5>
• East Blythe
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blythe
  • East Blythe is located in Riverside County (CA)
• Blythe
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • 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>
• McVay
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVay
  • McVay is located in La Paz County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Quartzsite ...

Looking for more information about Quartzsite? 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 Quartzsite, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Quartzsite.

Adding Quartzsite to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Quartzsite post office opened in 1896.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Quartzsite.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Quartzsite: www.ci.quartzsite.az.us/

The official website for La Paz County: www.co.la-paz.az.us/

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