Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and is part of the Phoenix metropolitan area. Named Scottsdale in 1894 after its founder Winfield Scott, a retired U.S. Army chaplain, the city was incorporated in 1951 with a population of 2,000. At the 2020 census, the population was 241,361,[4] which had grown from 217,385 in 2010.[5] Its slogan is "The West's Most Western Town".[6] Over the past two decades, it has been one of the fastest growing cities in the United States.
Scottsdale is 31 miles from its Northern to Southern-most edge, and covers 184.5 square miles. The city is bordered by the city of Phoenix to the West, Tonto National Forest to the North, the McDowell Mountains to the East, and the Salt River to the South.[7]
History[edit]
Early history[edit]
Scottsdale was originally a Pima village known as Vaṣai S-vaṣonĭ, meaning 'rotting hay'.[8] Some Pima people remain there today. Until the late 1960s, there was a still-occupied traditional dwelling on the southeast corner of Indian Bend Road and Hayden Road. The Pima who live in Scottsdale today reside in modern houses, not traditional dwellings. Many Pima and Maricopa people live in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, which borders Scottsdale to the south and east.[9]
Scottsdale Grammar School, also called The Little Red Schoolhouse, built in 1909
George Ellis House, built in 1925
Louise Lincoln Kerr House, built in 1925
Frank Tilus House, built in 1875
The Valley Field Riding and Polo Club of Scottsdale, built in 1924
Roald Amundsen Pullman private railroad car
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Scottsdale has eight sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:[121]
