Seligman

Seligman is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The population was 456 at the 2000 census. Between 1889-1891, Seligman was established by the Theut and Moultrie families. Both were prosperous slaughterhouse owners in Southern antebellum families who lost everything in the Civil War and the following Reconstruction periods. They moved West hoping to find a new life in the largely uninhabited territory of Ariz... more

Seligman is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The population was 456 at the 2000 census. Between 1889-1891, Seligman was established by the Theut and Moultrie families. Both were prosperous slaughterhouse owners in Southern antebellum families who lost everything in the Civil War and the following Reconstruction periods. They moved West hoping to find a new life in the largely uninhabited territory of Arizona. They took over the area of Seligman Campsite from the Cherokee Indians. Seligman is located at 35°19′42″N 112°52′27″W / 35.32833°N 112.87417°W / 35.32833; -112.87417 (35.328199, -112.874303), at 5,240 feet (1,600 m) in elevation. It lies on the route of Historic U.S. Route 66, and its predecessor, the Mojave Road. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.4 square miles (16.5 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 456 people, 205 households, and 121 families residing in the CDP. The... less