Jerome, Arizona
Posted by: bluesnote
N 34° 44.935 W 112° 06.826
12S E 398054 N 3845763
The mining town of Jerome, Arizona use to be the fourth largest city in the state. Now, it has about 358 people.
Waymark Code: WMBA61
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 04/25/2011
Views: 18
"A mining town named Jerome was established on the side of Cleopatra Hill in 1883. It was named for Eugene Murray Jerome, a New York investor who owned the mineral rights and financed mining there. Eugene Jerome never visited his namesake town. Jerome was incorporated as a town on 8 March 1889. Local merchant and rancher William Munds was the first mayor. The town housed the workers in the nearby United Verde Mine, which was to produce over 1 billion dollars in copper, gold and silver over the next 70 years.
Jerome became a notorious "wild west" town, a hotbed of prostitution, gambling, and vice. On 5 February 1903, the New York Sun proclaimed Jerome to be "the wickedest town in the West. In 1915 the population of Jerome was estimated at 2,500." (
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