San Rafael, Arizona

Ghost town in Pima County, Arizona

Ghost town in Arizona, United States

31°44′14″N 112°1′27″W / 31.73722°N 112.02417°W / 31.73722; -112.02417CountryUnited StatesStateArizonaCountyPimaElevation

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2,172 ft (662 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (MST)Area code520FIPS code04-63660GNIS feature ID24598^[1]

San Rafael, is a ghost town in Pima County, Arizona, United States.

History

On November 24, 1865, San Rafael, then a ranching community, was the site of a raid, by a large Sonoran force of about 350 Opata volunteers under the command of Col. Refugio Tanori, an Opata leader commissioned in the Mexican Imperial Army, that left an American citizen wounded. It was believed to be an attempt to capture Sonora Governor Ignacio Pesquiera, who had fled the advance of French troops, taking refuge in Arizona Territory.^{[citation needed]}