Leupp, Arizona

Leupp, Arizona
Leupp, looking west to the San Francisco Peaks
Leupp, looking west to the San Francisco Peaks
Location in Coconino County and the state of Arizona
Location in Coconino County and the state of Arizona
Leupp is located in Arizona
Leupp
Leupp
Location in Arizona#Location in the United States
Leupp is located in the United States
Leupp
Leupp
Leupp (the United States)
Coordinates: 35°17′43″N 111°00′00″W / 35.29528°N 111.00000°W / 35.29528; -111.00000
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyCoconino
Area
 • Total13.56 sq mi (35.12 km2)
 • Land13.55 sq mi (35.10 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation4,754 ft (1,449 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total934
 • Density68.91/sq mi (26.61/km2)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
ZIP code
86035
Area code928
FIPS code04-40630
GNIS feature ID2408602[2]
These Japanese Internment Camp Houses were once located in Leupp. These houses were relocated to the grounds of the Sahuaro Central Railroad Museum in Glendale, Arizona.

Leupp /lp/ LOOP (Navajo: Tsiizizii) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Coconino County, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation, United States. The population was 951 at the 2010 census.[3]

In 1902 an Indian boarding school was constructed here, administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. It had been closed before the US entry into World War II. In 1942 the facility was converted for use as the Leupp Isolation Center, designed to detain Japanese and Japanese-American internees from the several larger internment camps established by the War Relocation Authority to hold citizens and immigrants from the West Coast. They were sent here if characterized as troublemakers; some were men trying to regain their rights as American citizens.

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Leupp, Arizona
  3. ^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Leupp CDP, Arizona". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 8, 2011.