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Snowflake

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Also known as Snowflake, Arizona, Snowflake, AZ

town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Arizona
County
Navajo
Founded by
Erastus Snow and William Jordan Flake
Type
Council-Manager
Body
Snowflake Town Council
Mayor
Byron Lewis
Total
33.80 sq mi (87.54 km )
Land
33.74 sq mi (87.39 km )
Water
0.058 sq mi (0.15 km )
Elevation
5,686 ft (1,733 m)
Density
180.9/sq mi (69.85/km )
Time zone
UTC-7 ( Mountain )
Summer dst
UTC−7 (no DST / PDT )
Zip codes
85937, 85942
Fips code
04-67800
Website
snowflakeaz .gov

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Snowflake (Navajo: Tó Diłhił Biih Yílį́) is a town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It was founded in 1878 by Erastus Snow and William Jordan Flake, Mormon pioneers. As of the 2020 census, Snowflake had a population of 6,104. Snowflake is 25 miles (40 km) south of Interstate 40 (formerly U.S. Route 66) via Highway 77. The Apache Railway provides freight service.

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Snowflake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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