Snaketown
Pinal · USGS GNIS name record 24621
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These Census tracts have reference points near Snaketown. Their figures describe the entire named tract, not this locality. Open a tract to inspect its map, sources and demographic percentages.
Census tract 8174 ↗
Maricopa County · AZ
- Population
- 2,829
- Median home value
- $286,700
Census tract 8175 ↗
Maricopa County · AZ
- Population
- 2,595
- Median home value
- $423,300
Census tract 8173 ↗
Maricopa County · AZ
- Population
- 5,303
- Median home value
- $547,000
Census tract 9411 ↗
Maricopa County · AZ
- Population
- 15
- Median home value
- Not available
The source behind the name
USGS GNIS Populated Place names in all 50 states and DC. Features in the historical extract or explicitly named historical are excluded; duplicate decision records with identical identities and coordinates are collapsed. GNIS points identify names, not legal or neighborhood boundaries, current occupancy, school attendance or a statistical population. Nearby Census places and tracts remain separately named geographies. Name completeness and currency vary; this is not a claim to include every locally used neighborhood name.
Original USGS record for Snaketown ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 03/18/2010 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
National Historic Landmark
Pima Indian village name derived from 'Ska-kaik', meaning 'many rattlesnakes' (AZ-T101). Excavations at Snaketown by Gila Pueblo revealed that the Hohokam of southern Arizona were strongly influenced by the more highly developed cultures of Mexico, particularly between AD 500 or 600 and 1150, and later. Not only did these excavations definitely establish the Hohokam as one of the main culture groups of the Southwest, but also demonstrated the chronological development that took place. The introductions from Mexico lifted the Hohokam into a new pattern of living, which contrasted sharply with the scattered rancherias of the early Indian farmers of this region. Some of the new ideas spread north and east to the Anasazi and Mogollon cultures of Arizona. The extensive irrigation canal system and the large urban developments of "city states" of the late prehistoric period mark the higest achievement of Hohokam labor.
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