Sells, Arizona

Sells, Arizona
O'odham: Komkcʼeḍ ʼe-Wa:ʼosidk
Sells Indian School, 1940s
Sells Indian School, 1940s
Location in Pima County and the state of Arizona
Location in Pima County and the state of Arizona
Sells is located in Arizona
Sells
Sells
Location in the United States
Sells is located in the United States
Sells
Sells
Sells (the United States)
Coordinates: 31°54′46″N 111°52′31″W / 31.91278°N 111.87528°W / 31.91278; -111.87528
Country United States
State Arizona
CountyPima
Tribe Tohono O'odham Nation
Area
 • Total9.24 sq mi (23.94 km2)
 • Land9.23 sq mi (23.92 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation
2,392 ft (729 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total2,121
 • Density229.69/sq mi (88.68/km2)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST (no DST))
ZIP code
85634
Area code520
FIPS code04-65490
GNIS feature ID11073

Sells (O'odham: Komkcʼeḍ ʼe-Wa:ʼosidk) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 2,799 at the 2000 census. It is the capital of the Tohono O'odham Nation and the home of several of their tribal businesses, such as Tohono O'Odham Ki:Ki Association. Originally named Indian Oasis, by cattle-ranchers/businessmen brothers, Joseph and Louis Ménager in 1912. The Ménager brothers also built and ran the Indian Oasis Mercantile Store. The settlement took its present English name in 1918 to honor Indian Commissioner Cato Sells.[2] The O'odham name means "Tortoise Got Wedged".

Sells is near the Kitt Peak National Observatory.

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  2. ^ Kitt Peak