Cochran is a ghost town in Pinal County in the U.S. state of Arizona. The town was settled in 1905, in what was then the Arizona Territory.

Cochran, Arizona
Ghost town
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Coordinates: 33°06′34″N 111°08′59″W
Country	United States
State	Arizona
County	Pinal
Founded	1905
Abandoned	1915
Named for	John S. Cochran, first postmaster[1]
Elevation [2]	1,640 ft (500 m)
Population  (2009)
• Total	0
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST (no DST))
Post Office opened	January 3, 1905
Post Office closed	January 15, 1915

History

Named after its first postmaster, John S. Cochran, the small mining camp also served as a stop on the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway. The post office was established on January 3, 1905, and was discontinued on January 15, 1915. At its peak, the population was approximately 100, and housed a general store and a boardinghouse, among other establishments.[1]

Apart from a few building foundations in the town center, and the railroad tracks at the edge of the now-abandoned town site, Cochran's last (and most notable) remains are five largely intact beehive coke ovens across the Gila River at Butte, Arizona.

The Coke Ovens are on a 189-acre section of private property; visitation is not allowed.

Geography

Cochran is located about 15 miles (24 km) east of Florence, Arizona at 33°06′34″N 111°08′59″W.[1][2]

References

External links

• Cochran Beehive Ovens description and directions
• Cochran entry at GhostTowns.com
• Coke oven photos, Google Earth map