Pinal - Arizona Ghost Town

PINAL

NAME: Pinal
COUNTY: Pinal
ROADS: 4WD
LEGAL INFO: T2S, R12E
CLIMATE: Mild winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter, fall, spring

COMMENTS: Really nothing left but the site, a few foundations and a lot of trash. Three miles southwest of Superior.
REMAINS: Nothing.

Pinal's post office was established April 10, 1878 and was discontinued November 28, 1891. Pinal was the milling town for nearby Silver King, about five miles away. Originally called Pickett Post after Picket Post Butte, Pinal grew to a size of over 2000 residents. Pinal had its own newspaper called the "Pinal Drill". Pinal had everything anyone could ever want. When silver was devalued in the late 1800's, the town quickly dwindeled and in 1890, only ten people were left. Unbelievably, there is absolutely nothing left today.	Pinal in 1880 Courtesy Arizona Historical Society Pinal Cemtery Courtesy Dayna Quiroz Pinal Cemtery Courtesy Dayna Quiroz Mattie Earp real grave Courtesy Dayna Quiroz Rail road ties for Mattie Earp Courtesy Dayna Quiroz

Pinal's post office was established April 10, 1878 and was discontinued November 28, 1891. Pinal was the milling town for nearby Silver King, about five miles away. Originally called Pickett Post after Picket Post Butte, Pinal grew to a size of over 2000 residents. Pinal had its own newspaper called the "Pinal Drill". Pinal had everything anyone could ever want. When silver was devalued in the late 1800's, the town quickly dwindeled and in 1890, only ten people were left. Unbelievably, there is absolutely nothing left today.

Pinal in 1880
Courtesy Arizona Historical Society

Pinal Cemtery
Courtesy Dayna Quiroz

Mattie Earp real grave
Courtesy Dayna Quiroz

Rail road ties for Mattie Earp
Courtesy Dayna Quiroz

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