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,[3] 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.[4] Sometime in the late 1800s.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
201089
202053−40.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

Education

The CDP is in the Fredonia-Moccasin Unified School District.[6]

References

  1. ^ "2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Arizona". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Moccasin, Arizona
  3. ^ a b "P1. Race – Moccasin CDP, Arizona: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  4. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The Origins of Unusual Place-Names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 85.
  5. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Mohave County, AZ" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 2 (PDF p. 3/4). Retrieved October 4, 2024. - Text list


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