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Facts about the city

Tumacacori (O'odham: Cemagĭ Gakolig) is an unincorporated community in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States It abuts the community of Carmen, Arizona. Together, the communities constitute the Tumacacori-Carmen census-designated place (CDP). The population of the CDP was 393 at the 2010 census.

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History

The later Franciscan mission, which is now a ruin presrved as Tumacácori National Historical Park, was never rebuilt after being abandoned after repeated Apache raids in the 1800s that killed farmers and ranchers in the area and put a stop to the growth of the area's economy. The remains of the native settlement are still extant and have been investigated and reported on by archaeologist Deni Seymour. It takes its name from an earlier mission site founded by Father Eusebio Kino in 1691, which is on the east side of the river south of the National Park. Tumacacori-Carmen is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, Arizona Cruz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 569 at the United States Census, 2000 census.

Tumacacori is the site of a Franciscan Tumacácori National Historical Park that was built in the late 1700s.