Fortuna
Fortuna is a ghost town in Yuma County in the U.S. state of Arizona. It was located on the Southern Pacific's Sunset Route. Fortuna was a mining town named for the Fortuna Mine or La Fortuna Mine in the Gila Mountains, discovered about 1893 by Charles Thomas, William Holbert, and others, in 1893 in Arizona Territory.- Type: Locality
- Description: Ghost town in Yuma County
- Also known as: “Fortuna Station”, “Fortuna, Arizona”, “Ming Spur”, and “Nine Mile Station”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fortuna Foothills.
Fortuna Foothills
Town
Fortuna Foothills is a census-designated place in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. Fortuna Foothills is situated 3½ miles southeast of Fortuna.
Fortuna
- Category: ghost town
- Location: Yuma County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.6906° or 32° 41′ 26″ north
Longitude
-114.453° or 114° 27′ 11″ west
Elevation
223 feet (68 metres)
Open location code
8547MGRW+6Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
“Fortuna” goes by many names.
- Turkish: “Fortuna”
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