Willcox
| Willcox | |
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 Location in Arizona
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1880 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Arizona |
| County : | Cochise County |
| Coordinates : | 32 ° 15 ′ N , 109 ° 50 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Mountain Standard Time ( UTC − 7 ) |
| Residents : | 3,769 (as of 2006) |
| Population density : | 243.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 15.8 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of which 15.5 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 1270 m |
| Postcodes : | 85643, 85644 |
| Area code : | +1 520 |
| FIPS : | 04-83090 |
| GNIS ID : | 0013808 |
| Website : | www.cityofwillcox.org |
| Mayor : | Elwood Johnson |
Willcox is a city in Cochise County in the US state of Arizona .
The place was founded in 1880 under the name Maley on the Southern Pacific Railroad and renamed in 1889 in honor of General Orlando Bolivar Willcox .
Willcox is located off Interstate 10 and Arizona State Route 186 . The Cochise Airport is also in Willcox. The village has 3733 inhabitants on 15.8 km², of which 0.3 km² is water. The population density is 240.2 inhabitants per km².
sons and daughters of the town
- Rex Allen (1920–1999), country singer and actor
- Lilly McElroy (* 1980), photographer and action artist