La Paz County is a county in the western part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2000 census its population was 19,715. The county seat is Parker. The county name means "the peace" in Spanish, and is taken from the early settlement (now ghost town) of La Paz along the Colorado River.
La Paz County was established in 1983 after voters approved separating the northern portion of Yuma County, making it the first and only new county created sinc...
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La Paz County is a county in the western part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2000 census its population was 19,715. The county seat is Parker. The county name means "the peace" in Spanish, and is taken from the early settlement (now ghost town) of La Paz along the Colorado River.
La Paz County was established in 1983 after voters approved separating the northern portion of Yuma County, making it the first and only new county created since Arizona statehood in 1912. As a result, Arizona laws were changed to make splitting other existing counties much more difficult.
The Colorado River Indian Reservation is located in the western portion of the county.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 4,513 square miles (11,690 km²), of which, 4,500 square miles (11,655 km²) of it is land and 13 square miles (35 km²) of it (0.30%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 19,715 people, 8,362 households, and 5,619 families residing in the county. The...
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