City of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States

Overview of Tucson

• Name:
  Tucson
• Official Name:
  City of Tucson
• Place Type:
  Incorporated City
• Located In:
  Pima County, Arizona, United States
  
• Description (GNIS):
  An incorporated city located in Southern Arizona.
• History (GNIS):
  From the Piman word "sluyk-son" meaning a dark or brown spring. Originally it was a Papago Indian word "styukson" meaning "water at foot of black mountain." The city occupies the site of one of Fr. Eusebio Kino's chief missions, San Cosmedel Tucson.
• Surveys:
  Gila and Salt River Meridian
  

  Range 13 East
  

  Townships: 13 South, 14 South, 15 South

  Range 14 East
  

  Townships: 13 South, 14 South, 15 South, 16 South

  Range 15 East
  

  Townships: 13 South, 14 South, 15 South, 16 South

  Range 16 East
  

  Townships: 14 South, 15 South, 16 South
• County Seat of:
  Pima County
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:32.221742932° 13' 18.3"N

  Longitude:-110.9264790110° 55' 35.3"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Polo Village 1.8 mi. NW
  • Pueblo Gardens 1.9 mi. SW
  • Polvo 2.6 mi. SE
  • South Tucson 2.9 mi. SW
  • Craycroft 3.2 mi. E
  • El Rio 3.8 mi. W
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  • Catalina United Methodist Church Memorial Garden 1 mi. N
  • Christ Church United Methodist Memorial Garden 3 mi. E
  • Prayer Garden and Columbarium 3 mi. E
  • Grantwood Memorial Park 4.1 mi. NE
  • Binghampton 4.1 mi. N
  • Evergreen 4.4 mi. NW
  • Tucson Pioneer 4.5 mi. NW
  • Congregation Anshei Israel (Evergreen Cemetery) 4.5 mi. NW
  • Congregation Young Israel (Evergreen Cemetery) 4.5 mi. NW
  • Pima County Cemetery / Tucson Pioneer 4.6 mi. NW
  • Holy Hope 4.7 mi. NW
  • South Lawn Memorial 5 mi. S
• Population:
  518,907
• Elevation:
  759 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  529280569
• Updated Apr 24, 2020