Bylas, Arizona

Bylas (Western Apache: Hago'teele) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Graham County, Arizona, United States, within the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,962.[3] The community has a medical clinic, a police substation, and a market. Bylas is an Apache settlement divided into two communities, one of the White Mountain Apache, the other of San Carlos and Southern Tonto Apache. It is named for Bylas (a.k.a. Bailish) a chief of the Eastern White Mountain Apache band.

Bylas, Arizona
Census-designated place
Historic Bylas Town marker
Location of Bylas in Graham County, Arizona.
Bylas
Location of Bylas in Graham County, Arizona.
Bylas
Bylas (the United States)
Coordinates: 33°8′19″N 110°7′30″W
CountryUnited States
StateArizona
CountyGraham
Indian ReservationSan Carlos Apache Indian Reservation
Area
 • Total4.40 sq mi (11.41 km2)
 • Land4.38 sq mi (11.36 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation2,608 ft (795 m)
Population
 • Total39,540
 • Estimate 
(2016)[4]
N/A
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
FIPS code04-08710

Geography

Bylas is located at 33°8′19″N 110°7′30″W (33.1386688, -110.1250875), at an elevation of 2,608 feet (795 m).[2]

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
19701,125—
19801,1754.4%
19901,2193.7%
20001,147−5.9%
20101,96271.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

Bylas first appeared on the 1970 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village.[6] In 1980, it was made a census-designated place (CDP).[7] In 2000, it did not initially appear on the census returns,[8] but the census viewer page[9] later returned a population of 1,147. It appeared normally again as a CDP on the 2010 returns.[10]

Transportation

The road is served by U.S. Route 70.

San Carlos Apache Nnee Bich'o Nii Transit provides transportation on the reservation and to Safford and Globe.[11] Greyhound Lines serves Bylas on its Phoenix-El Paso via Globe route.

People

See also

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Bylas has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.[12]

References
  1. "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Jul 18, 2017.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bylas, Arizona
  3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  4. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  6. https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_az-01.pdf
  7. http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_azABC-01.pdf
  8. https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-1-4.pdf
  9. http://censusviewer.com/city/AZ/Bylas
  10. ftp://ftp2.census.gov/library/publications/2012/dec/cph-1-4.pdf
  11. "GLOBE/SAFFORD ROUTE". Nnee Bich'o Nii Transit. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  12. Climate Summary for Bylas, Arizona
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