Page Contents for Holbrook, Arizona

Statistics & Facts

Location

History & History-related items

City Attractions

Government

Schools.

Miscellany

Statistics & Facts

The Arizona state capital is Phoenix.
The population of Holbrook is approximately 5,645 (1998), 5053 (2010).
The approximate number of families is 1,814 (1990), 1636 (2010).
The amount of land area in Holbrook is 15.697 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 0 sq kilometers.
The distance from Holbrook to Washington DC is 1952 miles.
The distance to the Arizona state capital is 148 miles. (as the crow flies)
Holbrook is positioned 34.91 degrees north of the equator and 110.15 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Holbrook elevation is 5,080 feet above sea level.

Location

in northeastern Arizona on Interstate 40 at the junction of U.S. Highway 180 and State Routes 77 and 377
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History & History Related Items

Holbrook was founded in 1881 when the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad reached the area. The chief engineer of the project for the railroad was named Henry R. Holbrook. The town was named for him.
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The founding of Holbrook

1881

Attractions

Holbrook is near the Petrified Forest National Park and the Meteor Crater. Holbrook is the county seat of Navajo County.

The Petrified Forest National Monument
Interstate 40/Milepost 311, 86028
Phone: 928-524-6228
See this landscape of eroded shale, sandstone and marl. Many dinosaurs have been found here, particularly from the Triassic and early Jurassic eras.
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Holbrook City Government

City of Holbrook
Post Office Box 970
Holbrook, Arizona 86025
Voice: (928) 524-2413
Toll Free: (800) 273-2413
Fax: (928) 524-2159

Holbrook is the seat of Navajo County.

Holbrook Schools

Northland Pioneer College District Office
Telephone: 928-524-7600
Fax: 928-524-7612
Post Office Box 610
Holbrook, Arizona 86025-0610 Holbrook

Miscellany

The population of Holbrook was:
1990 - 4,686
1994 - 4,938
1997 - 5,625
1998 - 5,645

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