Cornfields, Arizona

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Cornfields, Arizona
Cornfields is located in Arizona
Cornfields
Cornfields
Coordinates: 35°39′08″N 109°40′45″W / 35.65222°N 109.67917°W / 35.65222; -109.67917Coordinates: 35°39′08″N 109°40′45″W / 35.65222°N 109.67917°W / 35.65222; -109.67917
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyApache
Area
 • Total0.39 sq mi (1.00 km2)
 • Land0.39 sq mi (1.00 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
6,135 ft (1,870 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total255
 • Estimate 
(2016)[2]
N/A
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
FIPS code04-15850
GNIS feature ID0003279

Cornfields is a chapter of the Navajo Nation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 255 at the 2010 census.[3]

Cornfields is part of the Fort Defiance Agency, of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Ganado, AZ is the delegate seat for the district that encompasses the Jeddito, Cornfields, Ganado, Kinlichee, Steamboat communities at the Navajo Nation Council.

A Navajo woman shows the long, dense wool of a Navajo-Churro ewe to a Navajo girl.

Geography[edit]

Cornfields is located at 35°39′08″N 109°40′45″W / 35.65222°N 109.67917°W / 35.65222; -109.67917,[4] about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Burnside.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.39 square miles (1.0 km2), all land.[3] Cornfields is part of the greater Ganado area which includes Ganado, Burnside, Cornfields, Kinlichee, Wood Springs, Klagetoh, and Steamboat and the family ranches dispersed amongst these sub-areas.

Demographics[edit]

Historical population
Census Pop.
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Jul 18, 2017.
  2. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cornfields CDP, Arizona". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  4. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  5. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.