Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project GPS: N33 15.918,
W113 57.257 By Kathy and Ed Block, APCRP Historians KOFA is an
acronym for “King OF Arizona”. The original Ghost Towns for
which this cemetery served were Polaris and Kofa, AZ and were
the main communities for the KOFA Mine, North Star Mine and
other mines in the area. Several years ago an APCRP researcher
(1) found the Kofa Cemetery, located about 1 mile southeast of
historic King of Arizona mine. With photographs, maps and GPS
coordinates we were ready for this research sojourn. After much
searching, we were able to use this photo and topographical map
to find this cemetery. INSERT 1. Photo courtesy: Kevin Hart -
Kofa Cemetery. King's Valley Road to the walking trail to Kofa
Cemetery is 24.4 miles of gravel from Highway 95. It begins
between milepost 76 and milepost 77 east of highway from a
cluster of little shacks where you can buy pop, ice cream, etc.
at the historic Stone Cabin site. The road is rough in spots and
dips thru shallow washes, whi