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Gila Bend, AZ - History
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Welcome to the Gila Bend Home page. The Gila Bend Home page provides as much information as possible on Gila Bend. Knowing Gila Bend’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Gila Bend’s Home page, you will also find Gila Bend’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Gila Bend has a population of 1955. 54.8% of Gila Bend’s inhabitants are Male, and 45.2 are female. 48.5% of Gila Bend is married and 53.7% own their own home. The Average Home price is $103,311, and the average rent is $697. Household median income in Gila Bend is $41,500, and the individual median income is $28,056. Gila Bend’s Ethnic is the following: Hispanic(68.7%), White(59.7%), Other(19.2%), Multiple(13%), Native(5%), Black(3.1%).
After the Civil War, from 1866 other stage routes were established in the Arizona Territory, and the Gila Ranch Station again was an active stage station. A settlement, Gila Bend, grew up around it from 1865 and acquired a post office at the station on May 1, 1871. Stage and freight routes, especially from the mining camps and boom towns in central Arizona, converged here especially after the railroad arrived in 1879.
In 1880, after wells had been drilled by the railroad near their Gila Bend station (that was located away from the river), the population began to move to settle at a new town 4 miles (6 km) south-southwest of the old one near the station. Among the first to move was the postmaster at the old stage station, now postmaster of the new town.The nickname the "Crossroads of the Southwest" stems from the area having been part of an important transportation route in the settling, development and growth of the American Southwest.
Gila Bend was the "center of a wheel", with spokes leading in many directions.A more recent event in the area was the October 1995 sabotage of the Amtrak Sunset Limited train.On December 14, 2006, Volkswagen of America, Inc., leased 11,900 acres (48 km2) of land at a cost of $55 million for 25 years, 10 miles (16 km) west of Gila Bend, on which they plan to develop a new automobile proving ground.Gila Bend enjoys a minor notability among tourists and aficionados of roadside attractions.
Besides the quirky welcome sign, the town boasts several roadside sculptures and the Space Age Lodge motel and restaurant (opened in 1963), named for its "Space Age" themed architecture and decor.In 2010 Abengoa Solar secured a $1.45 BUSD loan guarantee to build a large 280 megawatt concentrated solar power plant in Gila Bend.
It was estimated that the project would employ a peak of 1,500 workers, with an operational permanent employment of approximately 85 workers. The Solana Generating Station began providing power for Arizona Public Service in 2013.
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