Poston, Arizona

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  Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the U.S. War Department ordered the removal of all Japanese citizens and aliens to internment camps.

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City Description

Poston is a census-designated place (CDP) in La Paz County, Arizona, United States . The population was 389 at the 2000 census. During World War II, Poston was the site of the Poston War Relocation Center, which was one of the United States' largest Japanese internment camps, where over 17,000 Japanese-Americans were held over a three-year period. The camp sites are now home to a monument dedicated to those who died and suffered while in internment. Poston is located at 33°59′25″N 114°24′4″W / 33.99028, -114.40111 (33.990348, -114.401052). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 389 people, 101 households, and 92 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 279.9 people per square mile (108.1/km²). There were 110 housing units at an average density of 79.1/sq mi (30.6/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 31.36% White, 0.51% Black or African American, 17.22% Native American, 48.33% from other races, and 2.57% from two or more races. 77.12% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 101 households out of which 66.3% had children

City Contained By:

• Arizona
• La Paz County

Timezones:

• Mountain Time Zone

Size:

• 3.62598335447 km squared

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