La Paz County

Before we get to know more about Quartzsite, let’s backtrack to La Paz County where it is situated. According to the Spanish language, La Paz stands for “the peace”. The county was named after a town alongside the Colorado River. These past few years, the town of La Paz is regarded as a place for ghosts and other similar paranormal activities. Luckily, La Paz County, as a whole, is still peaceful and the Ghostbusters are busy with their job elsewhere.

The county can be found at the western side of Arizona. For you to get a better picture of its location, the counties surrounding La Paz are Mohave County in the north, Yavapai County in the northeast, Maricopa County in the east, Yuma County in the south, Imperial County in the southwest, Riverside County in the west, and San Bernardino County in the northwest. The last three counties are already in California.

The total land area of La Paz County is approximately 4,513 square miles, with 4,500 square miles of land and 13 square miles of water. There are four national protected areas in the county—Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, a part of Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge, Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, and Kofa National Wildlife Refuge.

Aside from Quartzsite, there are eleven more towns and cities in the county namely Wenden, Salome, Poston, Parker Strip, Parker, La Paz, Hope, Ehrenberg, Cibola, Bouse, and Bluewater. Combined, these places roughly equal to 19,715 residents.