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 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 _________________________________________________________________________________ Clifton Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps a reference to the area's rocky terrain Founding: ...