Our Chapter History
The Yavapai Chapter, NSDAR, organized in 1981, is named in honor of the county we serve in the State of Arizona. The chapter chose Prescott Valley as its home.
Yavapai County was one of the four original Arizona counties created by the first Arizona Territorial Legislature. The county territory was defined as being east of longitude 113° 20′ and north of the Gila River. Soon thereafter, the counties of Apache, Coconino, Maricopa, and Navajo were carved from the original Yavapai County. Yavapai County’s present boundaries were established in 1891. Source: Wagoner, Jay J. (1970). Arizona Territory 1863–1912: A Political history. University of Arizona Press.
The county is named after the Yavapai people and its tribe of Native Americans who reside on the smallest reservation in the United States and were the principal inhabitants at the time the United States annexed the area. One interpretation of the word “Yavapai” is “People of the Sun.”
The county is the gateway to sightseeing opportunities such as the Grand Canyon, Meteor Crater, Grand Canyon Caverns, Petrified Forest, Sunset Crater, and much more.
