Why, Arizona
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Why[a] is an unincorporated rural community in Pima County, Arizona, United States. It lies near the western border of the Tohono Oʼodham Indian Reservation and due north of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Southern Arizona. It is approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of the Mexican border where Lukeville, Arizona, and Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico, border each other, and 10 miles (16 km) south of Ajo, Arizona.
The population in Why at the 2020 census was approximately 122.[1]
History
The town derives its name from the fact that two major highways, State Routes 85 and 86, originally intersected in a Y-intersection.[2] At the time of its naming, state law required all city names to have at least three letters, so the town's founders named the town "Why" as opposed to simply calling it "Y." The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) later removed the old Y-intersection for traffic safety reasons and built the two highways in a conventional intersection south of the original intersection.[3]
It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[4][5]
Services
Why is not in a school district. The closest district is the Ajo Unified School District.[6]
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
2000 | 116 | — | |
2010 | 167 | 44.0% | |
2020 | 122 | −26.9% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[1] |
See also
Arizona portal
Notes
References
- ^ a b Division, US Census Bureau Administration and Customer Services. "US Census Bureau Publications – Census of Population and Housing". www.census.gov. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ "The Oddest Named Town in Every State". The Active Times. April 19, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- ^ "Why Why is Why". January 25, 2014.
- ^ Parker, Quentin (2010). Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places. Adams Media. p. xii. ISBN 9781440507397.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Hargis, Toni (January 13, 2014). "No, Arkansas Doesn't Sound the Way It Looks: A Guide to Pronouncing U.S. Place Names". BBC America. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ^ https://www.schools.pima.gov/schools/unorganized-territories [bare URL]
^ This is the sum of the populations of Blocks 1131–1153, Census Tract 49, Pima County, Arizona according to US Census U.S. Census website.
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