Moccasin, Arizona

CDP in Mohave County, Arizona

Census-designated place in Arizona, United States

36°54′34″N 112°45′32″W / 36.90944°N 112.75889°W / 36.90944; -112.75889CountryUnited StatesStateArizonaCountyMohaveArea

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• Total0.77 sq mi (1.98 km²) • Land0.77 sq mi (1.98 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

5,092 ft (1,552 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total53 • Density69.19/sq mi (26.72/km²)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))ZIP Code

86022 (Fredonia)

Area code928GNIS feature ID8145FIPS code04-47190

Moccasin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is within the Kaibab Indian Reservation, and its population was 53 as of the 2020 census,^[2] down from 89 at the 2010 census. It is bordered to the south by the CDP of Kaibab.

It is believed a moccasin-shaped shoe-print by a nearby spring caused the name to be selected.^[3] Sometime in the late 1800s.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	89	—
2020	53	−40.4%
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]

References

^ "2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Arizona". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "P1. Race – Moccasin CDP, Arizona: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The Origins of Unusual Place-Names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 85.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.