Truxton Arizona Map

About Truxton, Arizona

Truxton is a locality in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 104. The population density is 10.6 people per km². Truxton is located at 35.4850°N, 113.5636°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP code: 86434.

Truxton maintains a sparse, sun-bleached presence upon the high desert expanse where the earth bleeds into shades of ochre and burnt sienna. It lies 30.0 miles east-northeast of New Kingman-Butler, AZ (from New Kingman-Butler, AZ: bearing 59°T), and is situated 17.6 miles east-northeast of Valle Vista. The landscape surrounding Truxton is defined by the arid, quiet austerity of the plateau, where the ground remains thirsty and the horizon is punctuated by the distant, jagged silhouette of Laughing Jack Butte. Only a mile away, the dry bed of Truxton Wash carves a shallow, gravel-strewn vein across the basin, serving as a reminder of the sporadic, violent water that occasionally reclaims this territory during the brief season of monsoon thunderheads. The air here holds a profound stillness, a quality of light at dusk that turns the sparse scrub brush into long, reaching shadows that seem to pull the warmth directly from the stones.

Truxton emerged as a waypoint in the expansion of western transit, and its character remains tethered to the iron and grit of the rail lines that once dictated the pulse of the region. The local economy persists as a quiet oscillation between ranching and the maintenance of the infrastructure that cuts through Yampai Canyon, a deep, rugged passage that channels the wind and shapes the lives of those who dwell in its shadow. Residents often look toward the protected reaches of the Wright-Cottonwood Creeks Riparian And Cultural Area of Critical Environmental Concern, a nearby sanctuary that preserves the fragile intersection of desert ecology and human heritage. Life in Truxton moves with the deliberate, unhurried persistence of a place that has learned to endure the heat, valuing the resilience of the hardy grasses and the endurance of those who remain to watch the stars ignite over the open plains.

About This Truxton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Truxton, Arizona. Coordinates: 35.484992, -113.563551. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Truxton includes the ZIP code (86434), telephone area code (928), county seat of Mohave County (Kingman), and school district assignment (Valentine Elementary District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.