Komatke, Arizona
town in Arizona, United States
Komatke (O'odham: Komaḍk) is a census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The area currently comprising the census-designated place had a population of 1,013 at the 2020 census, up from 821 at the 2010 census. It is located within the Gila River Indian Community. Its name refers to the Sierra Estrella mountain range, which rises just to the southwest of Komatke.
Geography
Komatke is located directly south of Laveen, 15 miles southwest of Downtown Phoenix.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.2 km2), all land.
Saint John the Baptist Parish Laveen, the Saint Johns Mission, is in Komatke. The name is taken from the mission school founded by the Franciscans in 1894. It has an estimated elevation of 1,030 feet (310 m) above sea level.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Komatke had a population of 1,013.
“Komatke, Arizona” enters the record as town in Arizona, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Komatke, Arizona and town can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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