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Fountain Hills is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, neighboring the
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community and Scottsdale, AZ. The population is 24,669, as of the
2006 Census.[2]
It was the eighth fastest-growing place among cities and towns in
Arizona between the 1990 and 2000
census. It has the world's fourth tallest fountain. Charles W.
Juels' Fountain
Hills Observatory is nearby. The town has two annual fairs, a
local art fair and the Fountain Hills Great Fair which incorporates
arts and a carnival. The town has the only Thanksgiving Day parade
west of the Mississippi River.
Law and
government
Fountain Hills has a Council-Manager
system. The current Mayor of Fountain Hills is Jay Schlum, elected
in Mar 2008. The current Town Council consists of the Mayor and six
Councilmembers: Vice Mayor Henry Leger, Councilmembers Dennis
Brown, Mike Archambault, Dennis Contino, Ginny Dickey and Cassie
Hansen. Rick Davis is the Town Manager. Among other council
appointed staff are Town Attorney Andrew McGuire and Town
Magistrate Ted Armbruster.
The town does not have its own law enforcement. They are
patrolled by the Maricopa County Sheriff's
Office with the elected Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who lives in town.
The Town contracts with the Rural/Metro Corporation for staffing
of it's Fire Department. Scott LaGreca is the Fire Chief.
Public
schools
Fountain Hills Unified School District #98 has four schools.
McDowell Mountain Elementary School for Kindergarten-2nd grade,
Four Peaks Elementary School for grades 3-5, Fountain Hills Middle
School for grades 6-8, and Fountain Hills High School for grades
9-12. There is a Charter School, which has all grades up until high
school.
Geography
Fountain Hills is located at 33°36′17″N 111°43′43″W / 33.60472°N
111.72861°W / 33.60472; -111.72861
(33.604811, -111.728526)[3].
According to the United States Census
Bureau, the town has a total area of 18.2 square miles
(47.2 km²), of which, 18.2 square miles (47.1 km²)
of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.1 km²) of it
(0.27%) is water.
Fountain
The eponymous fountain was built in 1970 by Robert P.
McCulloch, the year before the reconstruction of the London Bridge in Lake Havasu City, another of McCulloch's
projects. The fountain sprays water for about 15 minutes every hour
between 9am and 9pm. The plume rises from a concrete water-lily
sculpture in the center of a large man-made lake. The fountain,
driven by three 600 horsepower (450 kW) turbine pumps,
sprays water at a rate of 7000 gallons per minute though an 18-inch
nozzle. With all three pumps and under ideal conditions, the
fountain reaches 560 feet (170 m) in height[4], though
in normal operation only two of the pumps are used, with a fountain
height of around 300 feet (91 m) feet. When built, it was
the world's tallest fountain and held that record for over a
decade.
Demographics
As of the census[5] of
2000, there were 20,235 people, 8,653 households, and 6,515
families residing in the town. The population density was 1,113.8
people per square mile (430.0/km²). There were 10,491 housing units
at an average density of 577.5/sq mi (222.9/km²). The racial
makeup of the town was 96.26% White,
0.59% Black
or African
American, 0.49% Native
American, 0.89% Asian,
0.06% Pacific
Islander, 0.66% from other
races, and 1.06% from two or more races. 3.05% of the
population were Hispanic or Latino
of any race. Sam Strayer, the leader of the Asians in Fountain
Hills, has recently discovered that there are more than .89% of his
kind living in the town. He estimates the amount is actually
5%.
There were 8,653 households out of which 23.5% had children
under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were married couples living
together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present,
and 24.7% were non-families. 19.9% of all households were made up
of individuals and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years
of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the
average family size was 2.67.
In the town the population was spread out with 18.5% under the
age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 33.3% from 45
to 64, and 19.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 93.4 males. For
every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.1 males.
According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household
in the town was $70,096, and the median income for a family was
$82,114.[6] Males
had a median income of $50,324 versus $32,307 for females. The per capita
income for the town was $32,230. About 2.2% of families and
4.1% of the population were below the poverty line,
including 5.0% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or
over.
Media
- See also: Media in Phoenix, Arizona
The Fountain Hills Times is a town weekly newspaper. The parent
company of the Times, Western States Publishers, Inc., also
publishes the Fountain Hills/Rio Verde Telephone Directory,
Fountain Hills Community Guide, Fountain Hills HOME.
Sister
cities
Fountain Hills has three sister cities, as
designated by Sister Cities
International:
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