FOUNDED: 1871
INCORPORATED: 1962
ELEVATION: 737 ft.
POPULATION: 1800
SCHOOLS:
Gila Bend High School (9-12)
Gila Bend Elementary (Presch-8)
AIRPORT:
Gila Bend Municipal
(light aircraft, no services)
SERVICES:
Fire: Gila Bend Volunteer Fire
Police: Maricopa County Sheriff
Electric: Arizona Public Service
Telephone: Qwest
Gas: Southwest Gas
Water: Town of Gila Bend
Sewer: Town of Gila Bend
Garbage: Town of Gila Bend
Library: Maricopa County Branch
TOWN PARKS:
Burleson Park (Town Pool)
Rotary Centennial Park
Community Center Park
Heritage Park (ballfield only)
About
Gila Bend
HISTORY of Gila Bend, Maricopa County, Arizona
1400 Location of a prehistoric Hohokam Indian village
1699 Indian village visited by Father Kino
1744 Indian village visited by Spanish Captain Anza
1846 The Mormon Battalion built Cook's Wagon Road through area
1858 Gila Bend was a stagecoach stop on Butterfield Stage Line
1879 Railroad came through area, town moved south to the tracks
1929 Dirt road became a paved highway
1973 Interstate 8 was built with Gila Bend exits 119 & 115
