Oatman
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census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States
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Vinony's link graph records 125 inbound references to Oatman, and connects out to Arizona, Illinois and time zone.
The entry is geolocated on the map in AZ.
It sits within the topics Census-designated places in Arizona, Census-designated places in Mohave County, Arizona and Ghost towns in Arizona.
Vinony links it to 26 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Mohave
- Named after
- Olive Oatman
- Total
- 0.19 sq mi (0.50 km )
- Land
- 0.19 sq mi (0.50 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 2,723 ft (830 m)
- Density
- 531.2/sq mi (205.08/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 (MST (no DST))
- Fips code
- 04-50620
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Oatman
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Mohave County
- Population
- 102
- Area
- 0.49737
- Elevation
- 826
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Image
- Oatman highway.jpg
- Households
- 26
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- Commons category
- Oatman, Arizona
- Commons gallery
- Oatman, Arizona
- water as percent of area
- 0
- water area
- 0
- postal code
- 86433
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Encyclopedic overview
Oatman is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Black Mountains of Mohave County, Arizona, United States, at an elevation of 2,710 feet (830 m). In 1915, it began as a small mining camp when two prospectors struck US$10 million (equivalent to $181 million in 2025) in gold, though the vicinity had already been settled for several years. Oatman's population grew to more than 3,500 in one year. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 102.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oatman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.