Greenlee County, Arizona

Founding: 1909
Parent county: Graham

Namesake: Mason Greenlee, local resident
Seat: Clifton (1909–)

Land area: 1,843 square miles

Population (2020): 9,563

Population (historic): 15,362 (1920); 9,886 (1930); 8,698 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920; 1940s; 2010s

Subdivisions: Two towns; three CDPs

National Register listings: 10

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 315 (7.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 16.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1940): 15.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1940): 14.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $721
Average outbuilding value (1930): $331
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 262
Average farm size (1920): 30.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Mexico, Texas, and New Mexico
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Clifton

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps a reference to the area's rocky terrain

Founding: 1873 (founding as Goulding's Camp); 1875 (post office); 1909 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,933

Population (historic): 600 (1890); 4,874 (1910); 2,305 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1910; 1930–1970; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 162 (9.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Delbert Potter House (1901). 502 Potter Ranch Lane. Mission Revival.