Country United States County Mohave County GNIS feature ID 2675317 Population 0 (2008) | State Arizona Settled 1977 Elevation 996 m Local time Sunday 11:28 PM | |
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Weather 19°C, Wind NE at 14 km/h, 29% Humidity | ||
Nothing arizona
Nothing is an uninhabited ghost town in eastern Mohave County, Arizona, United States.
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Map of Nothing, AZ 85360, USA
History
The locals told travelers it "got named by a bunch of drunks." Nothing has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.
The settlement was established in 1977, located 100 miles northwest of Phoenix Arizona, and roughly 20 miles south of Wikieup, the "rattlesnake capital of Arizona." It is west of Bagdad at milepost 148½ on U.S. Route 93 (the Joshua Forest Scenic Parkway) between Wickenburg and Kingman, on the route from Las Vegas to Phoenix.
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) installed one of four motorist callboxes on U.S. 93 at Nothing.
The town sign read:
At its height, Nothing had a population of 4. The settlement contained a gas station and small convenience store.
Nothing was abandoned by May 2005, and by August 2008, the gas station was beginning to collapse. An attempted revival of Nothing occurred at some time after August 2008 when Nothing was purchased by Mike Jensen. By April 2009, Jensen had opened his pizza business, run from a portable oven, with hopes of reopening the mini-mart and creating accommodations for RVs.
As of April 2011, it appears that Nothing has once again been abandoned. The building has fresh boards in the windows, and no sign of inhabitance or any activity.
In 2016, Century 21 Real Estate ran a "Give Dad Nothing" promotion where a free 24 hour lease to a piece of property at Nothing, Arizona could be secured for June 19, 2016 (Father's Day) only. The promotion was done with the participation of the current property owner and included a downloadable "Certificate of Nothing" and gift card.