Peters Corner, Arizona
Peters Corner, Arizona | |
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  Peters Corner Location within the state of Arizona  Peters Corner Peters Corner (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 32°52′33″N 112°02′55″W / 32.87583°N 112.04861°WCoordinates: 32°52′33″N 112°02′55″W / 32.87583°N 112.04861°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Pinal |
| Elevation | 1,381 ft (421 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (MST) |
| Area code(s) | 520 |
| GNIS feature ID | 25338 |
Peters Corner is a truck stop, bar, and motel complex situated in Pinal County, Arizona, United States, located four miles west of Stanfield.[2][3] It has an estimated elevation of 1,381 feet (421 m) above sea level.[1]
Peters Corner was founded no later than 1951, when Essex Peters opened the Midway Inn at the location.[4]
In 1967, Pinal County attorney Lloyd Brumage filed an injunction against the institution at Peters Corner, claiming it was a "house of prostitution."[3] The Peters' Corner Tavern's liquor license was revoked following another prostitution raid in 1972, and the bar's owners appealed the revocation.[5] The bar and filling station was temporarily closed and sold to new owners in 1973.[6]
Local sources show the name was changed to Simps' Corner in 1974.[7] However, the location continued to be called Peters Corner in later sources.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Feature Detail Report for: Peters Corner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ "Peters Corner (in Pinal County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Prostitution Charge names Peters Corner". Casa Grande Dispatch. February 27, 1967.
- ↑ "Essex Peters". Arizona Republic. December 11, 1970.
- ↑ "Tavern files license appeal". Arizona Republic. June 1, 1972.
- ↑ Taylor, Vince (May 27, 1973). "Pricing gas at 80.9 reveals predicament". Arizona Republic.
- ↑ Melvold, Doug (September 4, 1974). "'Here You Have Control Over Things'". Casa Grande Dispatch.
- ↑ "Steep Price, Sweet Prize". Arizona Republic. December 17, 1998.
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