Red Rock, Apache County, Arizona
unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona
Red Rock (also known as Red Valley; Navajo: Tse’ lichii da az kani’) is an unincorporated community, and census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. Red Rock is located on the Navajo Nation near the New Mexico border, 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Lukachukai. Red Rock has a post office with ZIP code 86544; the post office uses the Red Valley name. As of the 2010 census, the Red Rock CDP had a population of 169.
Red Rock is named after a nearby 386-foot-high (118 m) sandstone peak. The area was first noted by white military men in 1892 when Lt. W. C. Brown observed many springs during a water survey. A trading post was established in 1906.
Demographics
Education
Red Rock is within the Red Mesa Unified School District, which operates Red Valley/Cove High School.
The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) operates Red Valley Day School, a federal K-8 school for Native Americans.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Red Rock, Apache County, Arizona” is unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Rock, Apache and County, not as a finished interpretation.
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The phrase “unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7304891. The first chronological checks are 2010, 1892 and 1906.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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