Congress Junction - Arizona Ghost Town

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CONGRESS JUNCTION

NAME: Congress Junction
COUNTY: Yavapai
ROADS: 2WD paved
LEGAL INFO: T10N, R6W
CLIMATE: Mild winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime

COMMENTS: Congress Junction can be found just northeast of Wickenburg on any state map. Many other nearby ghost towns so you can make a day of it.
REMAINS: Foundations, but some other old buildings currently in use are just 100 yards away.

Congress Junction's post office was named Martinez. The nearby Congress mine was large enough to warrant building a railroad to the site but it actually wound up about three miles away. It was here that Congress Junction flourished. There was a string of hotels, stores, saloons, feed stores, and much more.From 1903 to 1905 Congress Junction had its own newspaper, the News-Herald. After the Congress mine was closed, the population of Congress Junction dwindled to about 200. Congress Junction is right on U.S. 89 today.	Congress Junction Courtesy Kurt Wenner

Congress Junction's post office was named Martinez. The nearby Congress mine was large enough to warrant building a railroad to the site but it actually wound up about three miles away. It was here that Congress Junction flourished. There was a string of hotels, stores, saloons, feed stores, and much more.From 1903 to 1905 Congress Junction had its own newspaper, the News-Herald. After the Congress mine was closed, the population of Congress Junction dwindled to about 200. Congress Junction is right on U.S. 89 today.

Congress Junction
Courtesy Kurt Wenner

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