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Globe
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city in and county seat of Gila County, Arizona, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Gila
- Founded
- c. 1875
- Total
- 18.21 sq mi (47.17 km )
- Land
- 18.20 sq mi (47.14 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
- Elevation
- 3,510 ft (1,070 m)
- Density
- 398.3/sq mi (153.77/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( MST (no DST ))
- Zip codes
- 85501-85502
- Fips code
- 04-28030
- Website
- www .globeaz .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Globe (Western Apache: Bésh Baa Gowąh "Place of Metal") is a city in and the county seat of Gila County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 7,249. Globe was founded c. 1875 as a mining camp. Mining, tourism, government and retirees are most important in the present-day Globe economy.
The Globe Downtown Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Globe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.