Cascabel, Arizona

Coordinates: 32°17′29″N 110°22′46″W / 32.29139°N 110.37944°W

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Cascabel, Arizona
Rural community
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Coordinates: 32°17′29″N 110°22′46″W / 32.29139°N 110.37944°W / 32.29139; -110.37944
Country	United States
State	Arizona
County	Cochise
Elevation ^[1]	3,195 ft (974 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST (no DST))

Cascabel is a rural community in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.

It is located at 32.291N / 110.378W, on the banks of the San Pedro River, east of Tucson and about 37 km north-northwest of Benson.

The name Cascabel derives from Spanish for "rattle", because an early settler killed a large rattlesnake here.^[2] Cascabel was a small farming community. The post office was started by Alex Herron, a small ranch and store owner, in 1916. When deciding what to name the Cascabel post office, Herron, while on the way to Benson, met a Mexican man with a dead rattlesnake. Herron asked what the name of the snake was and the man replied "Cascabel." This was the name Herron decided to name the post office.^[3] The post office was in operation until 1936.

References

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^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cascabel
^ "Cascabel, Arizona". Retrieved 12 April 2011.
^ "Cascabel Community Center". Archived from the original on 2011-05-13. Retrieved 12 April 2011.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Cochise County, Arizona, United States
County seat: Bisbee
Cities	Benson Bisbee Douglas Sierra Vista Tombstone Willcox
Towns	Huachuca City
CDPs	Bowie Dragoon Elfrida McNeal Mescal Miracle Valley Naco Palominas Pirtleville St. David San Simon Sierra Vista Southeast Sunizona Sunsites Whetstone
Other populated places	Bakerville Black Diamond Cochise Double Adobe Forrest Hereford Johnson Kansas Settlement Lewis Springs Lowell Nicksville Pomerene Portal Ramsey South Bisbee Vanar Warren
Ghost towns	Apache Cascabel Charleston Contention City Courtland Dos Cabezas Dragoon Springs Ewell Station Fairbank Fittsburg Fort Bowie Fort Newell Fort Rucker Galeyville Gleeson Hilltop Paradise Pearce Presidio Santa Cruz de Terrenate Sunnyside Tres Alamos
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