Among these may be mentioned: the Mazatzal Mountain region in Gila and Maricopa Counties, Arizona ; Red Feather Lakes, near Ft Collins, Colorado ; Amethyst Mountain, Texas ; Yellowstone National Park ; Delaware County, Pennsylvania ; Haywood County, North Carolina ; Deer Hill and Stow, Maine and in the Lake Superior region of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ontario in Canada.

This was after a great deal of lobbying by the Maricopa County Sports Authority, a local group formed to preserve Cactus League spring training in Arizona and eventually secure a Major League franchise for the state.

In November 2010, Ferrigno was sworn in as a member of a Maricopa County, Arizona volunteer sheriff posse, which also includes actors Steven Seagal and Peter Lupus, in order to help control illegal immigration in the Phoenix Valley area.

While some have argued that prisoner participation would likely be too low to make a difference, one Arizona program started by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio encourages inmates to voluntarily sign up to donate their heart and other organs.

The land lies in three counties of the state of Arizona: Pima County, Pinal County, and Maricopa County.

The non-contiguous segments in Maricopa County, Arizona | Maricopa and Pinal County, Arizona | Pinal counties are not shown.

* The San Lucy District comprises seven small non-contiguous parcels of land in and northwest of the town of Gila Bend in southwestern Maricopa County.

* Arizona State Prison Complex-Perryville, a prison in Goodyear, Maricopa County, Arizona

* Kyrene School District, a K-8 school district in Maricopa County, Arizona

Flagstaff in Coconino County is a major highway junction, with Interstate 40 extending to the east and the west ( connecting with Williams and Winslow, Arizona, for example ), and with Interstate 17 extending south from Flagstaff to Phoenix and Maricopa County.

The county was formed from parts of Maricopa County and Pinal County on February 8, 1881.

* Maricopa County, Arizona-west

* Maricopa County, Arizona-east

Maricopa County ( ) is located in the south-central part of the U. S. state of Arizona.

Maricopa County is also one of the largest counties in the United States by area having a land area greater than that of seven states.

The center of population of Arizona is located in Maricopa County, in the town of Gilbert.

All four of these cities are located in the growing " West Valley ", which is the area of Maricopa County to the west of the city of Phoenix.

It is the least populous county in the state of Arizona, with the most populous county being Maricopa.

* Maricopa County, Arizona – north

* Hells Canyon Wilderness ( Arizona ) ( BLM ) partly in Maricopa County, AZ

Apache Junction is a city in Maricopa and Pinal counties in the U. S. state of Arizona.

Category: Populated places in Maricopa County, Arizona

Avondale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, adjacent to Phoenix, Arizona.

Category: Populated places in Maricopa County, Arizona

Buckeye is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States and is the westernmost suburb in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

Category: Populated places in Maricopa County, Arizona

The Community is home for members of both the Akimel O ’ odham ( Pima ) and the Pee-Posh ( Maricopa ) tribes.

The Gila River Indian Reservation is home of Maricopa ( Piipaa, Piipaash or Pee-Posh-" People ") and Keli Akimel O ' Odham ( also Keli Akimel Au-Authm-" Gila River People ", a division of the Akimel O ' Odham-" River People ").

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community ( SRPMIC ) is home of the Onk Akimel O ' Odham ( also On ' k Akimel Au-Authm-" Salt River People ", a division of the Akimel O ' Odham-" River People "), the Maricopa of Lehi ( call themselves Xalychidom Piipaa or Xalychidom Piipaash-" People who live toward the water ", descendants of the refugee Halchidhoma ), the Tohono O ' Odham (" Desert People ") and some Keli Akimel O ' Odham ( also Keli Akimel Au-Authm-" Gila River People ", a other division of the Akimel O ' Odham-" River People ").

A state special prosecutor was investigating the newspaper's long-running feud with Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, including the publishing of Arpaio's home address, a crime under Arizona law.

In 2000, the state of Arizona, Maricopa County, and the town of Cave Creek bought Spur Cross Ranch, a tract of Sonoran desert just north of Phoenix, for $ 21 million.

Chandler is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and is a prominent suburb of the Phoenix, Arizona, Metropolitan Statistical Area ( MSA ).

Gilbert is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, just southeast of Phoenix, within the Phoenix metropolitan area.

Glendale () is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, located about nine miles ( 14 km ) northwest from Downtown Phoenix.

Glendale Community College and Glendale Community College North, just across the border in northwestern Phoenix, are members of the Maricopa County Community College District, while Arizona State University has its West campus just across the border from Glendale in west Phoenix.

Mesa ( ) is a city in Maricopa County, in the U. S. state of Arizona and is a suburb located about east of Phoenix.

Located primarily in Maricopa County, it is a major suburb of Phoenix.

" In January, 2010, four months after breaking ground, Stirling Energy partner company Tessara Solar completed the 1. 5 MW Maricopa Solar power plant in Peoria, Arizona, just outside Phoenix.

Scottsdale ( O ' odham Vaṣai S-vaṣonĭ ; Yaqui Eskatel ) is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix.

Sun City is a census-designated place and unincorporated town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, that is within the Phoenix metropolitan area.

The Maricopa and Phoenix Railroad, built in 1887, crossed the Salt River at Tempe, linking the town to the nation's growing transportation system.

According to the Maricopa Association of Governments Municipal Planning Areas and Incorporated Areas Map PDF, the municipal planning area for Wickenburg includes a much larger area of land than any other planning area in the Phoenix metro area.

Maricopa is the second most populous incorporated city in Pinal County and forms part of the Phoenix metropolitan area, the 12th largest metropolitan area in the United States.

It was moved three miles to the east to its present location of Maricopa in the early 1880s, and began its life as a famous railroad junction when the first M & P train left Maricopa for Phoenix on July 4, 1887.

Once again, all east-west travelers had to stop at Maricopa, and those who wanted to travel to the north had to board the Maricopa & Phoenix Railroad which took them into Kyrene, Tempe and Phoenix.