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Neighborhoods.
Where the lines run
and what is inside them.
Guides to individual neighborhoods across the Valley: how each one started, where its boundaries run, what is there and what kind of housing it holds, sourced from city, county and federal records.
Historic districts
On the official registers
Each of these is a listed historic district. Exterior changes to a property inside one go through the city's historic preservation review, and each page explains how that works.
Glendale · Historic districtCatlin CourtCatlin Court is a historic district in central Glendale, on the north edge of the 1892 townsite along 58th Drive and 58th Avenue, subdivided into house lots by 1915.Phoenix · Historic districtCoronadoCoronado is a historic district in central Phoenix, east of Seventh Street between McDowell Road and Virginia Avenue, whose first subdivisions date from 1908.Phoenix · Historic districtEncanto-PalmcroftEncanto-Palmcroft is a historic district in central Phoenix, generally between Seventh and 19th avenues and McDowell and Thomas roads, made up of Palmcroft, opened in 1927, and Encanto, opened in 1928.Mesa · Historic districtEvergreenEvergreen is a historic district in Mesa, just outside the original townsite along Robson, Grand and Macdonald streets, first platted in 1910 as North Evergreen.Phoenix · Historic districtF.Q. StoryF.Q. Story is a historic district west of downtown Phoenix, between Roosevelt Street and McDowell Road, named for Francis Quarles Story, who bought the land in 1887.Phoenix · Historic districtMedlock PlaceMedlock Place is a historic district in central Phoenix, just west of Central Avenue between Camelback Road and Missouri Avenue, that takes in six subdivisions platted from 1897 to 1939.Phoenix · Historic districtRooseveltRoosevelt is a historic district just north of downtown Phoenix, between Fillmore Street and McDowell Road, whose additions were platted from 1893 to 1919 after the 1891 Salt River flood pushed building to higher ground.Phoenix · Historic districtWilloWillo is a historic district in central Phoenix, between McDowell Road and the alley north of Edgemont Avenue, made up of 22 subdivisions platted by World War II.
Phoenix
Phoenix neighborhoods
More on the city itself: Phoenix real estate.
PhoenixAhwatukeeAhwatukee Foothills is a 35.8-square-mile village of the City of Phoenix, not a separate city, running from I-10 west to about 35th Avenue between South Mountain Park and Pecos Road.PhoenixBiltmoreThe Biltmore area is the part of Phoenix's Camelback East village around 24th Street and Camelback Road, named for the Arizona Biltmore resort, which opened in February 1929 at 2400 E. Missouri Ave.PhoenixDesert RidgeDesert Ridge is a master-planned area of about 5,700 acres in north Phoenix along Loop 101, governed by the Desert Ridge Specific Plan the city adopted in 1990.PhoenixKierlandKierland is in the City of Phoenix, even where addresses say Scottsdale: Phoenix planned it in 1975 as a 1,082-acre Planned Community District, and Kierland Commons, at 15205 N. Kierland Blvd., is zoned and governed by Phoenix.PhoenixNorth Central PhoenixNorth Central Phoenix is a common name, not an official boundary.Phoenix · GuideArcadiaThe 1919 citrus plat at the foot of Camelback Mountain: boundaries, historic houses and the housing stock.
Scottsdale
Scottsdale neighborhoods
More on the city itself: Scottsdale real estate.
ScottsdaleDC RanchDC Ranch is a master-planned community in north Scottsdale, in the foothills of the McDowell Mountains, named for a cattle brand Dr.ScottsdaleGainey RanchGainey Ranch is a gated planned community in central Scottsdale, built on 560 acres that Markland Properties bought from Arabian horse breeder Daniel C. Gainey in 1980.ScottsdaleMcCormick RanchMcCormick Ranch is a planned community in central Scottsdale on the former 4,236-acre Arabian horse ranch of Anne and Fowler McCormick, sold to Kaiser-Aetna in 1970.Scottsdale · GuideOld Town ScottsdaleThe downtown districts, the canal and the venues, with distances.
Chandler
Chandler neighborhoods
More on the city itself: Chandler real estate.
ChandlerFulton RanchFulton Ranch is a master-planned community in south Chandler built by Fulton Homes, which described it in 2011 as 520 acres with a 28-acre lake system.ChandlerOcotilloOcotillo is a master-planned community in south Chandler built around 162 acres of interconnected lakes, filled with the City of Chandler's reclaimed wastewater, with more than 23 miles of shoreline.
Gilbert
Gilbert neighborhoods
More on the city itself: Gilbert real estate.
GilbertAgritopiaAgritopia is a planned community in Gilbert, at the northwest corner of Higley and Ray roads, established in 2003 around an 11-acre organic farm on land the Johnston family farmed from 1960.GilbertPower RanchPower Ranch is a master-planned community in Gilbert that DMB lists at 2,284 acres with 7,400 homes and 200 acres of open space.GilbertVal Vista LakesVal Vista Lakes is a master-planned lake community of about 900 acres in north Gilbert, with 24 residential subdivisions under one community association.
Mesa
Mesa neighborhoods
More on the city itself: Mesa real estate.
MesaDobson RanchDobson Ranch is a planned lake community in Mesa, built from 1973 on land that was a Dobson family cattle ranch in the early 1900s.MesaEastmarkEastmark is a 3,200-acre master-planned community in Mesa, between Ellsworth and Signal Butte roads south of Elliot Road, built on the former General Motors Desert Proving Ground.MesaLas SendasLas Sendas is a master-planned community in east Mesa at the base of the Tonto National Forest, with more than 3,400 homes and 62 gates, per its association.Mesa · GuideCentral MesaThe area guide: places, distances and getting around.
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