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Hardyville

Ghost town · Mohave County, Arizona

Davis Dam quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500)
Davis Dam quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Hardyville is a ghost town in Mohave County, Arizona. It is one of 14 former communities in Mohave County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 15 Arizona counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Hardyville as a historical populated place on the Davis Dam SE topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 35.0450° N, 114.6216° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDavis Dam SE
Elevation537 ft
Nearest living townFort Mohave, AZ
Distance to it4.1 miles
GNIS feature ID24040
Coordinates35.04500, -114.62163

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Hardyville today, aerial view
Davis Dam quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500)

Left: Davis Dam quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Hardyville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Fort Mohave, AZ (population 15,716), about 4.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 537 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Hardyville?

Hardyville is in Mohave County, Arizona, at 35.0450, -114.6216.

How many ghost towns are in Mohave County?

Mohave County, Arizona has 14 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.