- Drake, Arizona
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Drake, Arizona — Unincorporated community — Hell Canyon railroad bridge, BNSF
Location within the state of Arizona
Drake, ArizonaCoordinates: 34°58′54.36″N 112°22′34.44″W / 34.9817667°N 112.3762333°WCoordinates: 34°58′54.36″N 112°22′34.44″W / 34.9817667°N 112.3762333°W Country United States State Arizona County Yavapai Time zone Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) ZIP codes 85283 FIPS code GNIS feature ID Drake is an unincorporated community in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, and a station on the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway. Drake is also the junction and western terminus of the Verde Canyon Railroad. Drake is the site of the old Hell Canyon Bridge, formerly used by US Route 89, now on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Drake's economy is based on quarrying and shipping decorative Arizona flagstone.
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Municipalities and communities of Yavapai County, Arizona Cities Cottonwood | Peoria‡ | Prescott | Sedona‡
Towns CDPs Ash Fork | Bagdad | Big Park | Black Canyon City | Congress | Cordes Lakes | Cornville | Lake Montezuma | Mayer | Paulden | Peeples Valley | Seligman | Spring Valley | Verde Village | Wilhoit | Williamson | Yarnell
Unincorporated
communitiesCherry | Cleator | Crown King | Drake | Iron Springs | Kirkland | Red Rock | Skull Valley
Indian reservation Hualapai Indian Reservation
Ghost towns Alexandra | Big Bug | Bradshaw City | Bumble Bee | Catoctin | Cordes | Jerome Junction | Octave | Piedmont | Stanton | Tip Top | Weaver
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Unincorporated communities in Yavapai County, Arizona
- Arizona geography stubs
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