La Paz

Ghost town · La Paz County, Arizona

Dome Rock Mts quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1933, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

La Paz is a ghost town in La Paz County, Arizona. It is one of 7 former communities in La Paz County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 9th among the 15 Arizona counties with a vanished settlement on record.

La Paz was established in 1862, in the Civil War era.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists La Paz as a historical populated place on the La Paz Mountain 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 33.6792° N, 114.4263° W.

Key facts

Founded	1862
Peak population	0
Last recorded population	0
USGS quadrangle	La Paz Mountain
Elevation	580 ft
Nearest living town	Ehrenberg, AZ
Distance to it	5.5 miles
GNIS feature ID	1940036
Coordinates	33.67919, -114.42634

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What's there now

La Paz is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Ehrenberg, AZ (population 946), about 5.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 580 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

The ghost town of La Paz, Arizona, circa 1890. · Unknown authorUnknown author / Wikimedia Commons · public-domain

Nearby places

Olive City
ghost town · La Paz County · 7.4 mi
Tosco
ghost town · Riverside County · 10.2 mi
Rannells
ghost town · Riverside County · 20.9 mi
Drift Desert
ghost town · La Paz County · 22.3 mi
Midland
ghost town · Riverside County · 25 mi
Earp
ghost town · San Bernardino County · 34.4 mi
Clip
ghost town · La Paz County · 36.9 mi
Rice
ghost town · San Bernardino County · 37.1 mi
Polaris
ghost town · Yuma County · 37.3 mi
Empire Flat
ghost town · La Paz County · 39.9 mi
Picacho
ghost town · Imperial County · 46.6 mi
Aubrey Landing
ghost town · Mohave County · 47.4 mi

Questions

Where is La Paz?

La Paz is in La Paz County, Arizona, at 33.6792, -114.4263.

How many ghost towns are in La Paz County?

La Paz County, Arizona has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

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.