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Sedona city overview
Sedona is a city in USA shaped by its region, population, local economy, landmarks, climate and civic history. This overview summarizes the city itself: where it sits, what defines it, which places anchor its identity and why it matters within the wider country.
City facts
Known forSedona, Northern Arizona, Sedona planning base 3, Sedona planning base 4
RegionUSAUSA
Time zoneAmerica/Phoenixlocal time
Founded227historical origin
City history
In the mid-1950s, the first telephone directory listed 155 names.
The Slide Fire spread across 21,227 acres (86 km2) in Oak Creek Canyon over nine days and prompted evacuations.
The Brins Fire covered 4,317 acres (17 km2) on Brins Mesa, Wilson Mountain and in Oak Creek Canyon before the US Forest Service declared it 100 percent contained on June 28.
Thompson, moved to Oak Creek Canyon in 1876, an area well known for its peach and apple orchards.
In 1902, when the Sedona post office was established, there were 55 residents.
Stretching as far back as 1923, Sedona's pink rocks were a fixture in major Hollywood productions – including films such as Angel and the Badman, Desert Fury, Blood on the Moon, Johnny Guitar, The.
Important early settlers included the Steele family, originally of Scotland. Chapel of the Holy Cross In 1956, construction of the Chapel of the Holy Cross was completed.
As of 2007, there are no large tracts of undeveloped land remaining.
The town lent its name to the 2011 film Sedona, which is set in the community.
Containment cost was estimated at $6.4 million. Slide Fire On May 20, 2014, a wildfire started from an unknown cause began north of Sedona at Slide Rock State Park.
Additionally, HIM, a film exploring the “reality” of reality dating television, was shot entirely in Sedona in 2023, and made its premiere at the Sedona International Film Festival in 2024. Brins Fire On June.
Most of the development seen today was constructed in the 1980s and 1990s.
The area, then unincorporated, had no local government and was bisected by two counties.
That meant area residents no longer had to transport water, and could directly build infrastructure.
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Stay overview
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Hotels & areas
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Transport notes
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Crowds
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