Yuma County, Arizona
Yuma County · Yuma the city is the seat · not Yuma County, Colorado · Phoenix is the capital of Arizona
Yuma the city is the hall. This is not Yuma County, Colorado. Phoenix is the capital.
Yuma County, Arizona, was one of four original Arizona counties, erected 9 November 1864. The original seat was La Paz; the hall moved to Arizona City, later Yuma, in 1871. Yuma the city is the seat — and the large city. It is not the capital of Arizona. Phoenix is. La Paz County split from the northern half in 1983. Parker is that hall now — not this hall. This is not Yuma County, Colorado. That Colorado county’s seat is Wray, on the eastern plains. Somerton is a city — not the hall. San Luis is a city — not the hall. Wellton is a town — not the hall. Fortuna Foothills is a census-designated place — not the hall. MCAS Yuma is a Marine Corps air station — federal, not this county government. This Sheriff is the county officer. This Sheriff is not Yuma Police. This Sheriff is not CBP.
Places include Yuma, San Luis, Somerton, Wellton, Fortuna Foothills, Gadsden, and Dateland. 2020 census: 203,881. Land area about 5,514 square miles. This page is Side One for the place. The Sheriff’s job — remainder patrol and the jail at 200 West Court Street this badge still holds — is taught at Office of the Sheriff — Yuma County.
Five supervisors meet at 198 South Main. They fund. They do not hire the Sheriff.
Yuma is a five-member Board of Supervisors, one supervisor per district. The board chooses a Chair. A County Administrator sits with the board. Meetings list at 198 South Main Street, Yuma, AZ 85364. They fund roads, the Jail District, and the Sheriff’s budget. They do not hire the Sheriff. The people do. The Board sitting as Jail District is a funding body. Yuma City Council is a city body. The Arizona Legislature sits in Phoenix. None of those is this oval.
The Arizona Superior Court in Yuma County lists at 250 West 2nd Street, Yuma, AZ 85364. Justice courts also sit in Yuma, San Luis / Somerton, and Wellton. Confirm at yumacountyaz.gov and the Arizona Judicial Branch. Parker is La Paz. Phoenix is Maricopa — and the capital. Wray is Colorado.
The Sheriff is four years, Arizona Constitution Article XII, § 3, on the presidential table. Last regular Tuesday, 5 November 2024. Next regular Tuesday, 7 November 2028. Take office 1 January 2029. 2026 is the Governor. That is a different desk in Phoenix. The Mayor of Yuma is a city clock.
Colorado River, California, and Mexico. La Paz left in 1983. MCAS Yuma is not this county.
The southwest corner. Interstate 8 is the spine. The Colorado River is the west wall with Imperial County, California, and with Baja California, Mexico. Sonora, Mexico, is south. La Paz County is north — Parker is that hall. Maricopa County is east. Pima County is southeast. Quechan and Cocopah land sits inside this map. This county government is not those Nations. MCAS Yuma and Yuma Proving Ground are federal. Staff who paste Wray, Colorado, onto Main Street, or treat San Luis as the shire, or file a Marine gate as this hall, are on the wrong county.
How a public finds Main, 3rd Avenue, Court Street, and 2nd Street
Board of Supervisors / County Administrator: 198 South Main Street. Recorder: county pages posted a temporary door at 298 South Main Street during renovation of the old 102 South Main office — confirm live before you drive. Elections list 197 South Main Street, Suite 103. Sheriff’s Office: 141 South 3rd Avenue, Yuma, AZ 85364 — phone (928) 783-4427. Detention: 200 West Court Street — (928) 782-9871. Superior Court: 250 West 2nd Street. Confirm live doors at yumacountyaz.gov and yumacountysheriff.org. A student who only knows a Colorado plains photograph, or an MCAS postcard, has not found this campus.
San Luis is a city. Somerton is a city. Wellton is a town. None is the hall.
Crime in unincorporated Yuma — Foothills remainder, Wellton country, Dateland, the remainder around Somerton and San Luis that is county and not city police — is this Sheriff. Crime in Yuma is often Yuma Police. Crime in San Luis, Somerton, Wellton is often those municipal departments. Crime at MCAS Yuma is federal / military. Crime at the San Luis port of entry is often CBP. This Sheriff is not those badges. Official Sheriff pages put adult detention at 200 West Court Street. That house is this badge’s shop. ADC is the state prison system. Do not send a family looking for a county booking to Colorado, to MCAS, or to Parker.
Civil process and court security at 250 West 2nd Street are the Sheriff. Rights do not change at a Marine gate. Remedy for Yuma Police is the City. Remedy for a Sheriff’s paper is the Sheriff. Relief when the Colorado rises is this count first.
What the southwest corner actually watches
Court calendars at 250 West 2nd Street. A wreck on I-8. Dust on the winter-vegetable fields. A night road toward Wellton. Coordination with city police, DPS, CBP, and federal posts without becoming those departments. Coordination with La Paz’s Sheriff is mutual aid between two offices, not a merger, and not a reason to file Parker as this hall. A Colorado photograph does not steal the seat. Phoenix remains the capital.
Yuma snapshot (verify official sources)
- Seat: Yuma the city · Also the large city · Not San Luis / Somerton / Wellton as the hall
- Government: five district Supervisors · 198 South Main · court 250 West 2nd Street
- Sheriff: four years · 2028 · remainder patrol and jail this Sheriff still holds · jail 200 West Court Street
- Neighbors: La Paz (Parker) · Maricopa · Pima · Imperial County, California · Sonora and Baja California, Mexico
- Not Yuma County, Colorado · Not MCAS as this county · Not Yuma PD as this Sheriff · Not Parker as this hall
What Yuma County, Arizona is not
- Not Yuma County, Colorado. Not Wray. Not the eastern plains.
- Not San Luis as the county hall. Not Somerton as the hall. Not Wellton as the hall.
- Not Parker. Not La Paz. Not Phoenix as this seat.
- Not MCAS Yuma as this government. Not Yuma Proving Ground as this oval.
- Not Yuma Police as this Sheriff. Not DPS as this oval. Not CBP as this jailer. Not ADC.
- Not Phoenix as this county seat. Phoenix is the capital. Yuma the city is the seat.
- Not a campaign flyer.