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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................5 History ................................................................................. 5 Location ............................................................................... 7 Climate ................................................................................ 9 Population ........................................................................... 9 EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR FORCE ..................................................... .11 Major Employers ............................................................... 12 Kingman Area Labor Force ................................................ 15 Job Training Services ......................................................... 16 UTILITIES AND SERVICES...................................................................... 17 Electricity ........................................................................... 17 Natural Gas ....................................................................... 19 Propane ............................................................................. 21 Water ................................................................................ 23 Sewer ................................................................................ 25 Solid Waste ....................................................................... 27 Telephone Providers ......................................................... 28 Wireless Service Providers ................................................ 28 Internet Service Providers ................................................ 29 Cable Television ................................................................ 30 Satellite Television ............................................................ 30 Postal and Parcel Services ................................................. 31 TRANSPORTATION .............................................................................. 33 Kingman Airport ................................................................ 33 Passenger and Cargo Airlines ............................................ 34 Highways ........................................................................... 34 Trucking Companies .......................................................... 35 Bus and Transit Services ................................................... 35 Rail Service ........................................................................ 36 City Traffic Counts ............................................................. 37 HEALTH AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ................................................... 39 Hospital ............................................................................. 39 Fire Protection .................................................................. 41 Police Protection ............................................................... 43 Sheriff’s Office ................................................................... 44 2 EDUCATION ........................................................................................ 45 KUSD Elementary, Middle and High Schools .................... 45 Kingman Academy of Learning ......................................... 48 Emmanuel Christian Academy .......................................... 49 On-Line High Schools ........................................................ 49 WAVE-JTED ........................................................................ 50 Mohave Community College............................................. 51 COMMUNITY SERVICES ....................................................................... 56 Community Organizations ................................................ 56 Religious Institutions ......................................................... 58 Child Care Facilities and Preschools .................................. 58 Senior Citizens Facilities and Programs ............................ 59 Services for People with Disabilities ................................. 62 Library ............................................................................... 62 PARKS AND RECREATION .................................................................... 64 City Parks and Recreation ................................................. 64 Recreation Programs ........................................................ 67 Mohave County Parks in Kingman Area ........................... 69 Mohave County Fairgrounds ............................................ 70 Bureau of Land Management Areas ................................. 70 Commercial Recreation Facilities ...................................... 71 Regional Recreational Facilities ....................................... 71 Golf Courses ...................................................................... 72 Private Campgrounds and RV Parks.................................. 72 Local Museums ................................................................. 73 Historic Buildings............................................................... 74 RETAIL SERVICES ................................................................................. 76 Shopping Centers and Stores ............................................ 76 Retail Leakage and Surplus Analysis ................................. 77 FINANCIAL AND REAL ESTATE .............................................................. 85 Kingman Financial Institutions .......................................... 85 City of Kingman Financial Data ......................................... 86 Real Estate Market Information ....................................... 95 CITY SERVICES ..................................................................................... 97 City Departments .............................................................. 97 Administration .................................................................. 97 Advisory Boards, Commissions, & Committees ............... 97 Codes and Ordinances ...................................................... 98 Building Permits ................................................................ 99 3 Planning and Zoning ........................................................ 101 City Business Licenses ..................................................... 105 STATE OF ARIZONA ........................................................................... 106 Population ....................................................................... 106 Economy .......................................................................... 107 Transportation ................................................................ 107 State and Federal Offices ................................................ 108 Copy Layout, Editing, and Statistical Information Compiled by the City of Kingman Development Services Planning and Zoning Division Updated December, 2015 4 History Bonelli House Early explorers, Captain Lorenzo Sitgreaves and Lieutenant Amiel Whipple, traversed the 35th parallel in 1851 and 1854, examining wagon trail options while passing through what would later become Kingman. Naval Lieutenant Edward Beale, commissioned to open a wagon road to California, first made the trip with the help of camels in 1857 and improved the road two years later. The Civil War interrupted additional work. In 1866 Congress granted a charter to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, later taken over by the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, to construct a line on or near the 35th parallel. Lewis Kingman, a railroad civil engineer, began the survey west from Albuquerque in 1880. In 1882, on his return trip east, he established the town site of Kingman because of the proximity of natural, perennial springs, needed for the operation of steam engines. With the completion of the railroad to Kingman on March 27, 1883 and through to California seven months later, land speculation and settlement of the towns along the route began. Early settlers consisted of ranchers, businessmen, and miners exploring the potential of nearby mountains. Kingman has been the county seat of Mohave County since 1887, when a colorful effort to move it from Mineral Park occurred. Throughout much of its history, the mining of gold, silver, copper, and later molybdenum was a mainstay of the Kingman economy. In the 1920’s, one of Kingman's most notable residents, the western actor Andy Devine, was raised in Kingman. His parents owned, ran, and lived in the Beale Hotel on Front Street, later renamed Andy Devine Avenue. 5 The construction of Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) and the highway to it in the 1930s, the establishment of a major U.S. Air Corps gunnery school at the airport during World War II, and construction of Davis Dam following the war, all provided new residents and employment. Incorporation in 1952 brought road paving, sidewalks, street lights, a municipal water system and city parks. The boom in rural subdivisions in the 1960s, many purchased and settled by retirees, and the start of manufacturing and distribution in the late 1960s, brought on a period of tremendous growth. Following the closing of the copper mines in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Kingman's economy began to diversify. Recently, Kingman has become a regional trade, service and distribution center for northwestern Arizona. Its strategic location on Interstate-40, which links Los Angeles, California with the eastern coast of the United States; and the future Interstate-11 (presently US Highway 93) that links Phoenix, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada, has made