Fast Facts
Incorporated	1986
2006 Population	4,766
Size	31 Sq. Mi.
Media Age	45
MLS 1st Half 2009 Data:			Community Links
Average Home Sold: $367,682 Number sold: 237 Average days on market: 154			City Website Community Profile Chamber of Commerce Spur Cross Ranch Park

Interesting Information

Named for Cave Creek, the small stream that runs through the area. In 1870 the U.S. Army built the 1st Wagon Road across the area from Ft. McDowell to Ft Whipple (near Prescott). In 1873 Cave Creek Road was built to connect Phoenix with this Wagon Road. By 1874 Gold was discovered on Gold Hill just north of Cave Creek which touched off a gold rush to the area. The first Post Office was built in 1877, and by 1886 a one-room school house was built beside Cave Creek. Mini population booms also occurred in the 1930's during the building of Bartlet Dam, and again in the 1940's during the building of Horseshoe Dam. It wasn't until 1952 that Cave Creek Road was paved all of the way from Phoenix in 1986 the year the town was incorporated.

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