Superior, Arizona
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| Superior, Arizona | |
Superior from the air, looking north (2010) | |
Location of Superior in Pinal County, Arizona. | |
| Coordinates: 33°17′20″N 111°6′14″W / 33.28889°N 111.10389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Pinal |
| Incorporated | 1976 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mila Besich-Lira. |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.96 sq mi (5.08 km2) |
| • Land | 1.96 sq mi (5.08 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,888 ft (880 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,407 |
| • Density | 1,226.18/sq mi (473.48/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST (no DST)) |
| ZIP code | 85173 |
| Area code | 520 |
| FIPS code | 04-71300 |
| GNIS feature ID | 34981 |
| Website | www |
Superior (Western Apache: Yooʼ Łigai) is a town in northern Pinal County, Arizona, United States, and is the oldest town in the county. According to the 2020 census, the population of the town was 2,407. Superior was founded as a mining town for the Silver King and the later Magma mines; silver was mined at first, and then transitioned to copper. Currently, exploitation of the huge Resolution Copper deposit is being explored.