Page 6: Ten Facts About the City You Live in

1. Sinagua, Anasazi and Cohonina Indians were the first to settle in the area of Flagstaff.
2. Flagstaff derived its name from a flag-raising ceremony held on the Fourth of July in 1876.
3. Flagstaff’s early development was associated with the railroad, lumber and livestock industries.
4. Northern Arizona University, which calls Flagstaff home, was founded as the Northern Arizona Normal School at Flagstaff in 1899.
5. Flagstaff is situated in the pines at an elevation of approximately 7,000 feet (2,134 m), near the base of the San Francisco Peaks.
6. Mount Humphreys is the highest point in Arizona and towers above Flagstaff at 12,633 feet.
7. Flagstaff is located near the center of Northern Arizona at the juncture of Interstate 17 and Interstate 40, about 150 miles north of Phoenix, AZ and 80 miles south of the Grand Canyon.
8. Flagstaff is the county seat for Coconino County, the second largest county in the United States, with an area of 11,896,720 acres.
9. Pluto was discovered at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ.
10. Flagstaff has an average of 108 inches of snowfall in a year.