Littlefield (Arizona)

Mohave County

04-41470

Littlefield is an unincorporated settlement ( " Unincorporated Community " ) in Mohave County in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. A population statistics are not collected in the entire zip code area live 1053 people (as of 2000). The settlement is located on Interstate 15 and the Virgin River in the extreme northwest of the sparsely populated and rugged so-called Arizona Strip. Littlefield is connected on the road network only via Nevada or Utah the rest of Arizona.

The town was founded in 1865 as Beaver Dam by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( Mormons) from St. George, Utah was the first Mormon settlement in Arizona.

Littlefield is, despite its small size, the center of the remote region, with regional facilities, so there is one elementary school, middle school and high school.