Ehrenberg

History

File:Townspeople of Ehrenburg, Ariz. Terr., greet a stranger in an automobile on his pioneer cross country tour. Saloon in ba - NARA - 513354.tif|Ehrenberg in 1911 In 1863, German mining engineer Herman Ehrenberg was hired to survey a new townsite along the Colorado River, approximately from La Paz, Arizona. The town, named Mineral City, began to grow in 1866, after a new landing was established there, supported by the steamboat captains of the George A. Johnson Company. Mineral City attracted miners and many businessmen away from La Paz and by September 20, 1869, had grown large enough to win a post office. The same year it was renamed "Ehrenberg". Over the next several years the town continued to grow, surpassing La Paz. By 1875 there were 500 residents. The population of La Paz dwindled, and many storekeepers relocated to Ehrenberg. Many of the surviving older buildings in town were torn down in the 1950s to make way for a trailer park.

Geography

Ehrenberg is located in western La Paz County and is located on the Colorado River, which forms the border between Arizona and California. The community is along Interstate 10, which leads east to Phoenix and west to Indio, California. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Ehrenberg CDP has a total area of , of which are land and, or 1.78%, are water.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Ehrenberg Elementary School
  Elementary · Ehrenberg · 137 students · 15.2:1 ratio