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Postwar, Kingman experienced growth as several major employers moved into the vicinity.

In 1953 Kingman was used to detain those men accused of practicing polygamy in the Short Creek raid, which was at the time one of the largest arrests in American history.

In 1955, Ford Motor Company established a proving ground ( now one of the Chrysler Proving Grounds ) in nearby Yucca, Arizona at the former Yucca Army Airfield.

Several major new neighborhoods in Kingman were developed to house the skilled workers and professionals employed at the proving ground, as Kingman was the only sizable, developed town within a convenient distance.

Likewise, the development of the Duval copper mine near adjacent Chloride, Arizona, and construction of the Mohave Generating Station in nearby Laughlin, Nevada, in 1971 contributed to Kingman's population growth.

The location of a General Cable plant at what was to become the Kingman Airport Industrial Park provided a steady employment base as well.