Cascabel, Arizona

Rural community in Arizona, United States

32°17′29″N 110°22′46″W / 32.29139°N 110.37944°W / 32.29139; -110.37944CountryUnited StatesStateArizonaCountyCochiseElevation

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3,195 ft (974 m)Time zoneUTC-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

^ 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.