43-532: The Kingman Terminal Railroad operates about 3 miles of track at the Kingman Industrial Park north of Kingman, Arizona . It is owned by Patriot Rail Company and its reporting mark is KGTR. It connects to the BNSF Railway 's Seligman Subdivision . This North America rail-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kingman, Arizona Kingman is
86-606: A propane transfer from a Doxol railroad car to a storage tank on the Getz rail siding near Andy Devine Avenue/Route 66. Firefighters Memorial Park in Kingman is dedicated to the 11 firefighters who died in the blaze. The 1915-built Mohave County Courthouse and 1909-built Jail were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The downtown and other areas of Kingman were evaluated for historic resources in
129-542: A 1985 study, the Kingman Multiple Resources Area study. The study identified 63 historic resources in Kingman and led to many of them being listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The county courthouse and jail, a 1928-built locomotive (the Santa Fe 3759 ), a World War II gunnery school radio tower , and about 50 various houses and other buildings in Kingman are listed on
172-474: A city in and the county seat of Mohave County , Arizona , United States. It is named after Lewis Kingman , an engineer for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad . It is located 105 miles (169 km) southeast of Las Vegas , Nevada, and 180 miles (290 km) northwest of Arizona's state capital, Phoenix . The population was 32,689 at the 2020 census . Lt. Edward Fitzgerald Beale , a U.S. Navy officer in
215-443: A female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. 25.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.94. 25.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64 and 17.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
258-436: A field office located in Kingman. Mohave County Superior Court is located in Kingman. Mohave County Administration offices are located in Kingman. The Mohave County Fairgrounds are located in Kingman. According to Kingman's 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: The Kingman Airport is located 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Kingman on Arizona State Route 66 . The airport
301-598: A filming location for several movies and television shows. Short Creek raid The Short Creek raid was an Arizona Department of Public Safety and Arizona National Guard action against Mormon fundamentalists that took place on the morning of July 26, 1953, at Short Creek, Arizona . The Short Creek raid was the "largest mass arrest of polygamists in American history". Law enforcement arrested polygamist men and removed children from their families. Arizona governor John Howard Pyle had invited journalists to view
344-533: A location for long-term aircraft storage due to its suitable large ramp space and a long, decommissioned runway. Kingman is a non-towered airport . Located downtown, the Kingman station has daily services on Amtrak 's Amtrak Southwest Chief between Los Angeles and Chicago . The historically significant station is constructed in Mission Revival style. Prior to the establishment of Amtrak in 1971,
387-528: A significant role in this important era of America's history. Following the war, the Kingman Airfield was one of the largest reclamation sites for obsolete military aircraft. Postwar, Kingman experienced growth as several major employers moved into the vicinity. In 1953, Kingman was used to detain those men accused of practicing polygamy in the Short Creek raid , which was at the time one of
430-582: A stop at 915 W Beale St. Tri-State Shuttle connects Kingman with Harry Reid International Airport in Paradise. Amtrak Thruway is Kingman station bus service that travels to Las Vegas 's stations at South Strip Transit Terminal, Airport Terminal One and Las Vegas downtown , called the Amtrak Kingman-Las Vegas Thruway Motorcoach, a 107 miles (172 km) trip. There is also a Laughlin to Kingman Amtrak Station at
473-542: Is Ron Foggin. The city attorney is Carl Cooper. The city government also includes boards and commissions that assist the council in decision making. They are the: Arizona State Prison – Kingman , a privately run prison of the Arizona Department of Corrections , is located in unincorporated Mohave County near Kingman. The United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management has
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#1732781118558516-564: Is planned to be replaced by Interstate 11 once built to interstate highway standards . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city of Kingman has a total area of 37.5 square miles (97 km ), all land. Kingman sits on the eastern edge of the Mojave Desert , but it is located in a cold desert climate ( Köppen BWk ) due to its plateau location. Kingman's higher elevation and location between
559-524: The Deseret News , a periodical that supported the raid on Short Creek. The News applauded the action as necessary to prevent the fundamentalists from becoming "a cancer of a sort that is beyond hope of human repair." When the paper later editorialized its support for separating children from their polygamist parents, there was a backlash against the paper and the church by a number of Latter-day Saints , including Juanita Brooks , who complained that
602-415: The 2020 census , there were 32,689 people. At the 2010 census , there were 28,068 people. At the 2000 census , there were 20,069 people, 7,854 households and 5,427 families residing in the city. The population density was 669.7 people per square mile (258.6 people/km ). There were 8,604 housing units at an average density of 287.1 units per square mile (110.8 units/km ). The racial make-up of
645-940: The Colorado Plateau and the Lower Colorado River Valley keeps summer high temperatures away from the extremes (115 °F (46 °C) or more) experienced by Phoenix and the Colorado River Valley. The higher elevation also contributes to winter cold and occasional snowfall. Summer daytime highs reach above 90 °F (32 °C) frequently, but rarely exceed 107 °F (42 °C). Summertime lows usually remain between 60 and 70 °F (16 and 21 °C). Winter highs are generally mild, ranging from around 50 to 60 °F (10 to 16 °C), but winter nighttime lows often fall to freezing, with significantly lower temperatures possible, and occasional snow. The record low temperature in Kingman
688-631: The Kingman Terminal Railroad (KGTR) opened at the Kingman Airport Authority and Industrial Park. The KGTR is a short line railroad owned by Patriot Rail . Patriot Rail owns and operates 13 railroads in 13 states across the U.S. The KGTR interchanges with BNSF and delivers to businesses at the industrial park. The City of Kingman operates Kingman Area Regional Transit. Kingman is served by the intercity bus companies Greyhound and TUFESA . FlixBus boards from
731-639: The Mohave Generating Station in nearby Laughlin, Nevada , in 1971 contributed to Kingman's population growth. Also, the location of a General Cable plant at the Kingman Airport Industrial Park provided steady employment. The Kingman Explosion, also known as the Doxol Disaster or Kingman BLEVE, was a catastrophic boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) that occurred on July 5, 1973, during
774-645: The Tropicana Laughlin in Laughlin, Nevada , a 34-mile (55 km) trip. The water system uses groundwater . The same aquifer serving the city is used by the industrial agriculture in the surrounding desert. Kingman has one public school district, one charter school district and one Christian school. Kingman Unified School District (KUSD) consists of 12 schools, ranging from Kindergarten to high school. Elementary schools Middle schools High schools K–12 Kingman has been used as
817-627: The Mormon fundamentalists at Colorado City formally established the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS Church). The members of the sect did not face any prosecutions for its polygamous behavior until the late 1990s, when isolated individuals began to be prosecuted. In 2006, FLDS Church leader Warren Jeffs was placed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted List ; he was arrested in 2007 and in 2011
860-631: The National Register, comprising the majority of National Register listings in Mohave County . Kingman is in central Mohave County, along Interstate 40 and U.S. Route 93 . The city is served by three exits on I-40, which leads east 147 miles (237 km) to Flagstaff and southwest 62 miles (100 km) to Needles, California . US-93 leads northwest 107 miles (172 km) to Las Vegas and southeast 130 miles (210 km) to Wickenburg , 54 miles (87 km) from Phoenix . US 93
903-659: The area for centuries. The Mohave County seat was originally located in Mohave City from 1864 to 1867. In 1865, the portion of Arizona Territory west of the Colorado River was transferred to Nevada after Nevada's statehood, and became part of Lincoln County , now Clark County, Nevada . The remaining territory of Pah-Ute County became part of Mohave County. Its seat was moved to Hardyville (now within Bullhead City ) in 1867. The county seat transferred to
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#1732781118558946-480: The building had fallen into disrepair. A total renovation was completed in 2010. The station houses a model railroad museum. Amtrak Thruway offers connecting service to Las Vegas. Kingman is located on the Southern Transcon route of the BNSF Railway which is the main transcontinental route between Los Angeles and Chicago, which carries approximately 100 to 150 freight trains per day. In August 2012,
989-563: The church organization was approving of "such a basically cruel and wicked thing as the taking of little children from their mother." The Short Creek raid was the last action against polygamous Mormon fundamentalists that has been actively supported by the LDS Church. After the Short Creek raid, the fundamentalist Mormon polygamist colony at Short Creek eventually rejuvenated. Short Creek was renamed Colorado City in 1960. In 1991,
1032-417: The city was 88.0% White , <0.1% Black or African American , 1.0% Native American , 0.1% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 3.4% from other races and 3.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race comprised 12.2% of the population. There were 7,854 households, of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.6% were married couples living together, 10.1% had
1075-418: The council-manager form of government. The city council, which is the policymaking and legitimate authority, consists of a mayor , vice-mayor , a five-member council and the city manager. The mayor is Ken Watkins and the vice-mayor seat is vacant. The city council consists of five elected officials – councilmembers SueAnn Mello, Jamie Scott Stehly, Deana Nelson, Cherish Sammeli and Keith Walker. The city manager
1118-571: The largest arrests in American history. In 1955, Ford Motor Company established a proving ground (now one of the Chrysler Proving Grounds ) in nearby Yucca at the former Yucca Army Airfield . Several major new neighborhoods in Kingman were developed to house the skilled workers and professionals employed at the proving ground. Likewise, the development of the Mineral Park mine near adjacent Chloride , and construction of
1161-529: The mining town of Cerbat in 1873, then to Mineral Park near Chloride . After some time, the county seat and all instruments were permanently moved to Kingman in 1887. During World War II, Kingman was the site of a U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) airfield. The Kingman Army Airfield was founded at the beginning of the war as an aerial gunnery training base. It became one of the USAAF's largest, training some 35,000 soldiers and airmen. The airfield and Kingman played
1204-444: The police to observe the raid. However, the raid and its tactics attracted mostly negative media attention; one newspaper editorialized: By what stretch of the imagination could the actions of the Short Creek children be classified as insurrection? Were those teenagers playing volleyball in a school yard inspiring a rebellion? Insurrection? Well, if so, an insurrection with diapers and volleyballs! Arizona newspapers variously called
1247-402: The population. Of the 14,029 households, 27.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.1% had seniors 65 years or older living with them, 43.9% were married couples living together, 7.8% were couples cohabitating, 20.3% had a male householder with no partner present, and 27.9% had a female householder with no partner present. The median household size
1290-513: The raid "odious" and "un-American." Time and Newsweek also covered the raid. One commentator has averred that coverage of the raid was "probably the first time in history that American polygamists had received media coverage that was largely sympathetic." When Pyle lost his bid for re-election in 1954 to Democratic candidate Ernest McFarland , Pyle blamed the fallout from the raid as having destroyed his political career. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) owned
1333-451: The raid's "only American parallel is the federal actions against Native Americans in the nineteenth century." Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle initially called the raid "a momentous police action against insurrection" and described the Mormon fundamentalists as participating in "the foulest conspiracy you could possibly imagine" that was designed to produce "white slaves." More than 100 reporters had been invited by Pyle to accompany
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1376-515: The raid, and the resulting media coverage from multiple outlets was negative, criticizing the raid's tactics and the intrusion upon children. Just before dawn on July 26, 1953, 102 Arizona officers of public safety and soldiers from the Arizona National Guard entered Short Creek. The community, which was composed of approximately 400 Mormon fundamentalists, had been tipped off about the planned raid and were found singing hymns in
1419-615: The schoolhouse while the children played outside. The entire community was taken into custody, with the exception of six individuals who were found not to be fundamentalist Mormons. Time called it "the largest mass arrest of polygamists in American history". Arizona law enforcement took 164 dependent children into custody; a superior court ordered in March 1954 that they be released back to their families. Numerous Short Creek children ended up in foster care and some were never returned to their families. Historian D. Michael Quinn argued that
1462-591: The service of the Army Corps of Topographical Engineers , was ordered by the U.S. War Department to build a federal wagon road across the 35th parallel . His secondary orders were to test the feasibility of the use of camels as pack animals in the Southwestern desert. Beale traveled through the present-day Kingman in 1857 surveying the road and in 1859 to build the road. Beale's Wagon Road became part of U.S. Route 66 and later Interstate 40 . Remnants of
1505-721: The wagon road can still be seen in White Cliffs Canyon in Kingman. Kingman was founded in 1882 before statehood, in Arizona Territory . Situated in the Hualapai Valley between the Cerbat and Hualapai mountain ranges, Kingman had its modest beginnings as a simple railroad siding near Beale Springs. Civil engineer Lewis Kingman supervised the building of the railroad from Winslow to Beale Springs. This spring had been used by Native Americans living in
1548-694: Was $ 31,806. Out of the 31,655 people with a determined poverty status, 13.4% were below the poverty line . Further, 18.7% of minors and 9.4% of seniors were below the poverty line. In the survey, residents self-identified with various ethnic ancestries. People of German descent made up 17.8% of the population of the town, followed by English at 13.3%, Irish at 10.5%, American at 5.2%, Italian at 4.9%, French at 3.5%, Polish at 2.5%, Norwegian at 2.4%, Dutch at 1.8%, Scottish at 1.7%, Swedish at 1.2%, Russian at 1.0%, Scotch-Irish at 1.0%, Welsh at 0.9%, Portuguese at 0.6%, French Canadian at 0.5%, and Hungarian at 0.5%. At
1591-565: Was 1949 with 18.2 inches (0.46 m). The most snowfall in one month was 14.0 inches (0.36 m) in December 1932. On December 31, 2014, and January 1, 2015, Kingman received 6.5 inches of snow. The storm was so significant that it was a contributing factor for closing Interstate 40 at the US 93 Junction for 24 hours. As of the 2022 American Community Survey estimates, there were 33,052 people and 14,029 households. The population density
1634-451: Was 2.25 and the median family size was 2.77. The age distribution was 21.1% under 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 24.1% who were 65 or older. The median age was 42.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.9 males. The median income for a household was $ 56,360, with family households having a median income of $ 63,614 and non-family households $ 34,468. The per capita income
1677-482: Was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.4 males. The median household income was $ 34,086 and the median family income was $ 41,327. Males had a median income of $ 32,036 and females $ 21,134. The per capita income was $ 17,181. About 8.2% of families and 11.6% of the population were below the poverty line , including 15.3% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over. The city operates under
1720-421: Was 880.3 inhabitants per square mile (339.9/km ). There were 14,929 housing units at an average density of 397.6 per square mile (153.5/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 85.2% White, 2.9% some other race, 2.0% Black or African American, 1.6% Asian, and 1.0% Native American or Alaskan Native, with 7.4% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 16.6% of
1763-549: Was convicted in Texas of two counts of child sexual abuse and sentenced to life in prison. On 3 April 2008, following allegations of physical and sexual abuse by an unidentified caller who claimed to be a 16-year-old girl, law enforcement officers raided a FLDS compound Jeffs had founded in Texas called the YFZ Ranch . As of 8 April, a total of 416 children had been removed from the compound by authorities. A former member of
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1806-612: Was originally built as Kingman Army Air Field during World War II and was the location of the Kingman Aerial Gunnery School. The airport was turned over to Mohave County for civilian use in 1949. There are air ambulance and air charter services, but no commercial flights. The closest commercial airport is Harry Reid International Airport in Paradise, Nevada , approximately 104 miles (167 km) northwest of Kingman. The Kingman airport now primarily exists as
1849-499: Was set on January 9, 1937, at 6 °F (−14 °C), and the record high temperature occurred on July 15, 2023, at 114 °F (46 °C). The wettest year was 1919 with 21.22 inches (539 mm) and the driest year was 1947 with 3.58 inches (91 mm). The most rainfall in one month was 9.85 inches (250 mm) in September 1939. The most rainfall in 24 hours was 6.03 inches (153 mm) on November 28, 1919. The snowiest year
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