Welcome to Stanwix ...

Stanwix is located in Maricopa County<1>.

Stanwix is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Stanwix ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Stanwix - it's located in New York.

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

Communities near Stanwix ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Stanwix.

• Aztec
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Aztec is located in Yuma County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aztec
• Agua Caliente
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Agua Caliente is located in Maricopa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agua Caliente
• Palomas
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Palomas is located in Yuma County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palomas
• Dateland
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Dateland is located in Yuma County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dateland
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dateland <3>
• Hyder ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Hyder is located in Yuma County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyder
• Camp Horn ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Camp Horn is located in Yuma County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Horn
• Kofa ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Kofa is located in Yuma County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kofa
• Theba
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Theba is located in Maricopa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theba
• Norton
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Norton is located in Yuma County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Stanwix ...

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

Adding Stanwix to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Stanwix 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 Stanwix was mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Stanwix.