Maricopa has been one of the most productive farm communities in the state. Cotton, grains, fruit, vegetables, and beef thrive in this arid desert.
Maricopa County is Arizona's most populous and fastest growing county. It is the largest of Arizona's fifteen counties and the fourth largest county in the nation. Approximately four and half million people call Maricopa County home, more than half of the entire population of Arizona.
Incorporated July 25, 1911, this “mother city” of the prolific Midway-Sunset Oil Fields is the gateway to the Cerro Noreste/Mt. Pinos recreation area. Maricopa is the name applied by a Pima Indian Tribe to a neighboring tribe of Uymas inhabiting the Gila River Valley in southern Arizona.
The City of Maricopa, also known as the “Gateway to the Sea”, is a quiet little town that rests against the foothills that rim the lower San Joaquin Valley and is nestled in the junction between State Route Highways 166 & 33.
Noun. Maricopa (plural Maricopas or Maricopa) A member of a Native American people belonging to the Yuman linguistic stock, a part of the Hokan family. They originate in the Colorado River area, but following an exodus in the 1700s or 1800s, they live amongst the Pima in the vicinity of the Gila and Salt Rivers.
The corporation is required by law to adopt bylaws. Bylaws are written rules that govern how the corporation operates internally, such as how the Board of Directors will be elected and what votes are required for a particular action. Bylaws can have any provision in them that is not prohibited by law. See A.R.S.