DOME

NAME: Dome
COUNTY: Yuma
ROADS: 2WD
LEGAL INFO: T8S, R20W
CLIMATE: Very hot summers, mild winter.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter.
COMMENTS:Along the Wellton-Mohawk canal.
REMAINS:One large adobe building, one small adobe remnant and foundations.
A post office was established here first under the name of Gila city (see Gila City) in 1858. The new post office was established as Dome in 1892 and subsequently opened and closed many times finally closing in 1940.


Dome
Courtesy Kurt Wenner

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