Blue
Greenlee · USGS GNIS name record 26502
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Original USGS record for Blue ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 06/07/2022 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
Originally named for Nat Whittum, an original settler who was killed here in 1891. A post office was established at Whittum in 1894; however, its name was changed to Blue in 1898 because everyone knew where the Blue River was but Whittum was not known (AZ-T1).
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SHA-256 20c96936a3ba430b345eed1c7395b6aab52875aac8e1e2905fab37b388cab381
SHA-256 45ad8d56b3bb4990ad8105cdda15ee7d2f07afd6941afe75b783f29b02723697
SHA-256 919fac887628b8547ec1b24fae319522a9481a56909c3914d1e0a2b56783147c