Vicksburg Arizona Map

About Vicksburg, Arizona

Vicksburg is a locality in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. It is a small community with a population of 418. The population density is 1.1 people per km². Vicksburg is located at 33.7272°N, 113.8259°W. It observes the Mountain Standard Time — no DST (America/Phoenix) timezone. ZIP codes: 85348, 85325.

Vicksburg stretches across a sun-bleached expanse where the Calcite Wash cuts a pale, winding scar through the desert floor. It lies 21.5 miles south-southeast of La Paz, AZ (from La Paz, AZ: bearing 147°T), and is situated 49.4 miles east of Blythe. The air here holds a heavy, crystalline stillness, broken only when the wind stirs the dust of the Ranegras Plain seven miles to the west. To the north, the jagged silhouette of the Granite Wash Mountains rises against an unrelenting azure sky, their rocky ridges shifting from ochre to deep violet as the afternoon light wanes. A mile away, the State Trust Land offers a quiet preserve of scrub and cactus, while the distant Crowder Tank remains a solitary, hidden basin in the arid scrubland. The landscape possesses a stark, unadorned beauty, where the shadows of passing clouds move with the slow, deliberate grace of a tide across the flat, sun-baked earth.

Vicksburg emerged from the intersection of rugged prospecting and the iron ambitions of the railroad, leaving behind a legacy of abandoned claims and weathered timber. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the land, defined by intermittent mining ventures and the persistent labor required to thrive in such an unforgiving climate. Residents navigate the daily rhythm of a place where history is marked by the rusted remnants of machinery rather than monuments, and the silence of the desert serves as a constant companion to their work. Life in Vicksburg moves with the measured patience of a sun-dial, indifferent to the frantic pace of the outside world, anchored instead by the enduring resilience of those who call these dry, expansive plains their own.

About This Vicksburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Vicksburg, Arizona. Coordinates: 33.727157, -113.825943. 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 Vicksburg includes the ZIP code (85348, 85325), telephone area code (480), county seat of La Paz County (Parker), and school district assignment (Bicentennial Union High School 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.