Willcox, Arizona

Willcox
City
View of Dos Cabezas peaks from downtown Willcox
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Location of Willcox in Cochise County, Arizona
Willcox Location in the United States
Coordinates: 32°14′40″N 109°49′55″W / 32.24444°N 109.83194°W / 32.24444; -109.83194
Country	United States
State	Arizona
County	Cochise
Founded	1880
Incorporated	1915
Area [1]
• Total	6.28 sq mi (16.27 km2)
• Land	6.15 sq mi (15.92 km2)
• Water	0.13 sq mi (0.35 km2)
Elevation [2]	4,170 ft (1,270 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	3,213
• Density	522.52/sq mi (201.76/km2)
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST (no DST))
ZIP Codes	85643-85644
Area code	520
FIPS code	04-83090
GNIS feature ID	2412266[2]
Website	willcox.az.gov

Willcox is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. The city is located in the Sulphur Springs Valley, a flat and sparsely populated drainage basin dotted with seasonal lakes. The city is surrounded by Arizona's most prominent mountain ranges, including the Pinaleño Mountains and the Chiricahua Mountains.

Six of Arizona's ten largest mountains are located within a 70-mile radius including Mount Graham (31 miles north), which is Arizona's most prominent mountain, Chiricahua Peak (42 miles southeast), Mount Lemmon (57 miles west), Miller Peak (65 miles southwest), Mica Mountain (41 miles west), and Mount Wrightson (70 miles southwest). Scores of birds, including sandhill cranes, winter in the area, with some migrating from as far away as Siberia. A very large dry lakebed, the Willcox Playa, is located five miles south of the city. It is the remnant of the Ice Age-era Lake Cochise.

Willcox's high desert climate gives it large diurnal temperature variation, making it ideal for wine cultivation.