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Tortilla Flat

Maricopa County, AZ

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Last surviving stagecoach stop on the historic Apache Trail (SR-88) deep in the Superstition Mountains. Grew from a prospector camp into a Roosevelt Dam freight/stage stop (town established 1904); today a tiny living tourist hamlet (post office, saloon, shops) on the paved lakes segment of the Apache Trail above Canyon Lake.

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RegionMaricopa County, AZ
Coordinates33.5264, -111.3898
Established1904 stage/freight stop era
RoadApache Trail / SR-88
ClaimOften cited as Arizona’s smallest community with a post office
SettingSuperstition Mountains / Tonto National Forest fringe

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