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Casa Grande
Casa Grande, a progressive community with a rich history and rural heritage, has retained its renowned friendliness, small-town charm and optimism while continuing to maintain its status as one of the fastest growing communities in Pinal County. Casa Grande is located in the center of a megapolitan corridor, at the intersection of two major interstates: I-10 and I-8.
The community is strategically located 45 minutes from Phoenix to the north and an hour from Tucson to the south, although most residents find whatever they need locally, without having to travel outside of the Casa Grande area. Founded in 1879 and incorporated in 1915, Casa Grande is named for the famous Hohokam Indian ruins 20 miles to the northeast. Casa Grande is the second largest community in Pinal County and is a dynamic and growing city with an estimated year-round population of more than 45,000 residents and as many as 20,000 more during the winter months.
For Visitors Information:
575 N. Marshall Street
Casa Grande, AZ 85122
(520) 836-2125
- County: Pinal
- Year of Incorporation: 1935
- Elevation: 1,300
- Population: 45,000
Casa Grande Attractions
Casa Grande is a wonderful haven for residents, whether they stay for days or decades. The community offers a wide variety of shopping and dining options, historic sites, attractions, golf, movies and more. The city bustles with activities such as the Copperstate Fly-In, Annual Fiddlers’ Bluegrass Jamboree, Historic Downtown Street Fair, Wuertz Farm Gourd Festival, O’odham Tash Festival, Arizona State Open Chili Championship and the Cactus Fly-In.
The brand-new, world-level Casa Grande Performance Institute, located onsite at the Francisco Grande Hotel and Golf Resort, will board and create tomorrow’s professional athletes in tennis, golf and soccer. The United Football League will train there and will be covered by Blue Entertainment Sport Television (BEST), while Proaxis Therapy will bring its national reputation for sports medicine, training performance and rehabilitation to the campus.
Casa Grande History & Culture
The community traces its beginnings to the summer of 1879, when Southern Pacific Railroad stopped work on the rail line it was building from Yuma across Southern Arizona. The railroad construction crews, who hailed from Yuma, stopped their work due to the hot temperatures. Supplies piled up at this desert stopping point and, by the time the railroad moved on in January 1880, the community of Terminus, meaning “end of the line,” stayed. A railroad station was left as part of the settlement later known as Casa Grande. In 1880, the construction crew began laying track to Tucson. By September 1880, railroad executives renamed the settlement Casa Grande, for the prehistoric ruins located 20 miles northeast of town.
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