Cornfields, Arizona

Cornfields, Arizona
Census-designated place
Cornfields
Coordinates: 35°39′08″N 109°40′45″W / 35.65222°N 109.67917°W / 35.65222; -109.67917Coordinates: 35°39′08″N 109°40′45″W / 35.65222°N 109.67917°W / 35.65222; -109.67917
Country United States
State Arizona
County Apache
Area
 • Total 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2)
 • Land 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2)
 • Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation 6,135 ft (1,870 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 255
 • Density 659/sq mi (254.6/km2)
Time zone MST (UTC-7)
 • Summer (DST) MDT (UTC-6)
FIPS code 04-15850
GNIS feature ID 0003279

Cornfields is a chapter of the Navajo Nation and a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 255 at the 2010 census.[1]

Cornfields is part of the Fort Defiance Agency, of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Ganado, AZ is the delegate seat for the district that encompasses the Jeddito, Cornfields, Ganado, Kinlichee, Steamboat communities at the Navajo Nation Council.

A Navajo woman shows the long, dense wool of a Navajo-Churro ewe to a Navajo girl.

Geography

Cornfields is located at 35°39′08″N 109°40′45″W / 35.65222°N 109.67917°W / 35.65222; -109.67917,[2] about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Burnside.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.39 square miles (1.0 km2), all land.[1] Cornfields is part of the greater Ganado area which includes Ganado, Burnside, Cornfields, Kinlichee, Wood Springs, Klagetoh, and Steamboat and the family ranches dispersed amongst these sub-areas.

References

  1. 1 2 "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cornfields CDP, Arizona". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  2. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.


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