Santa Rosa, Pima County, Arizona, United States

Overview of Santa Rosa

• Name:
  Santa Rosa
• Place Type:
  Unincorporated Populated Place
• Located In:
  Pima County, Arizona, United States
  
• Description (GNIS):
  0.2 km (5.7 mi) SSE of Window Mountain, the the Santa Rosa Valley.
• History (GNIS):
  Gu Achi is a Papago Indian name that means 'big ridge'. In 1698, father kino recorded the Papago name as 'Adid' and converted it to 'San Francisco del Adid'. The name, 'Santa Rosa', was used on maps between 1865 and 1912, and 1917 to the late 1930's. Various spellings of 'Gu Achi' appeared, i.e. Kuatshi (1912), Kaitjimok (1912), Kuarchi (1935) on several private publications. Gu Achi was used by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service on a map in 1938 (US-T121).
• Surveys:
  Township 13 South, Range 3 East, Gila and Salt River Meridian
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:32.323677932° 19' 25.2"N

  Longitude:-112.0412468112° 02' 28.5"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Palo Verde Stand 1 mi. NE
  • San Luis 1.6 mi. N
  • Ali Oidak 1.6 mi. SE
  • Achi 2.1 mi. NE
  • Ak Chin 3.1 mi. SE
  • Anegam 3.4 mi. N
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  • Santa Rosa Francisco 1.5 mi. NW
  • Tohono Oodham Reservation 11.9 mi. SW
• Population:
  451
• Elevation:
  552 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  268174663
• Updated Apr 18, 2020