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Facts about the city

Colorado City is a town in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, and is located in a region known as the Arizona Strip. According to the 2010 census, the population of the town was 4,821. At least three Mormon fundamentalist sects are said to have been based there.

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History

On July 26, 1953, Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle sent troops into the settlement to stop polygamy in what became known as the Short Creek raid. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town was 4,607. At least three Mormon fundamentalism fundamentalist sects are said to have been based there.Krakauer, John. Colorado City is a town in Mohave County, Arizona County, Arizona, United States and is located in a region known as the Arizona Strip. Geneticists attribute this to the prevalence of inbreeding marriage between descendants of two of the town's founders, Joseph Smith Jessop and John Y. In 2007 the state authorities dismantled church ownership of Colorado City lands.