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Paradise is a small ghost town located in Cochise County in the U.S. state of Arizona. The town was settled in 1901 in what was then the Arizona Territory.

Paradise, Arizona
Ghost town
Paradise Cemetery
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Coordinates: 31°56′5″N 109°13′8″W
Country	United States
State	Arizona
County	Cochise
Founded	1901
Abandoned	1943
Elevation [1]	5,482 ft (1,671 m)
Population  (2011)
• Total	5
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST (no DST))
Post Office opened	October 23, 1901
Post Office closed	September 30, 1943
GNIS feature ID	9192

History

In 1901 the Chiricahua Development Company located a vein of ore here. A post office was established on October 23, 1901, and at its peak, the town had saloons, general stores, a jail and a hotel. The town was essentially abandoned when the local mines failed, and the post office closed on September 30, 1943.[2][3] However, a few residents remained. In June 2011, there were five permanent residents and 29 standing structures[4] when the Horseshoe 2 Fire swept through the area.[5] A few homes and cemetery remain.[6]

Geography

Paradise is located 5.7 miles west (up-mountain) from Portal, Arizona, and is surrounded by Coronado National Forest land.[1]

In media

The ghost-town of Paradise is also notably featured in media, such as video games and motion pictures.^{[citation needed]}

• Postal (1997)
• Postal 2 (2003)
• Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend (2005)
• Postal Babes (2009)
• Postal 2: Paradise Lost (2015)
• A Long Ride From Hell (1968 - Motion Picture)

See also

• American Old West
• History of Arizona
• List of ghost towns in Arizona

References

Further reading

• Alden Hayes, A Portal to Paradise, University of Arizona Press (1999), ISBN 0816521441

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