Editing Apache Junction, Arizona (section)

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Apache Junction, Arizona
| settlement_type          = [[List of municipalities in Arizona|City]]
| image_skyline            = Apache Junction-welcome to Apache Junction-1.JPG
| image_caption            = Welcome marker
| image_seal               = Apache junction seal.png
| seal_size                = 99px
| image_blank_emblem       = Apache_Junction,_Arizona_official_logo.png
| blank_emblem_type        = Logo
| image_flag               = Apache_Junction,_Arizona_official_flag.png
| motto                    = "Surrounded by Legends"
| image_map                = File:Maricopa County and Pinal County Arizona Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Apache Junction Highlighted 0402830.svg
| map_caption              = Location in Pinal and Maricopa counties, Arizona
| image_map1               = 
| map_caption1             = 
| pushpin_map              = Arizona#USA
| pushpin_label            = Apache Junction
| pushpin_map_alt          = 
| pushpin_map_caption      = 
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Arizona]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Arizona|Counties]]
| subdivision_name2        = {{hlist|[[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal]]|[[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa]]}}
| government_type          = [[Council–manager]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Government – Apache Junction, AZ – Official Website|url=http://www.ajcity.net/8/Government|publisher=City of Apache Junction|access-date=December 18, 2019}}</ref>
| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = Chip Wilson<ref>{{cite web |title=Our City Council |url=https://www.apachejunctionaz.gov/282/Our-City-Council |publisher=Apache Junction |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324123347/https://www.apachejunctionaz.gov/282/Our-City-Council |archive-date=March 24, 2025 |access-date=May 24, 2025}}</ref>
| established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date         = {{start date|1978|11|24}}
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021">{{cite web |title=2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Arizona |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2021_Gazetteer/2021_gaz_place_04.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=May 5, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 90.86
| area_total_sq_mi         = 35.08
| area_land_km2            = 90.83
| area_land_sq_mi          = 35.07
| area_water_km2           = 0.03
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01
| elevation_ft             = 1700
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US0402830&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Apache Junction city, Arizona: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=May 5, 2022}}</ref>
| population_total         = 38499
| population_metro         = 
| population_density_km2   = 423.86
| population_density_sq_mi = 1097.81
| population_est           = 
| pop_est_as_of            = 
| pop_est_footnotes        = 
| timezone                 = [[Mountain Standard Time Zone|MST]] (no [[daylight saving time]])
| utc_offset               = -7
| coordinates              = {{coord|33|23|55|N|111|32|06|W|region:US-AZ|display=inline,title}}
| timezone_DST             = 
| utc_offset_DST           = 
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code              = 85119–85120
| area_code                = [[Area code 480|480]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 04-02830
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 2409718<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2409718}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|www.ajcity.net}}
| unit_pref                = Imperial
}}

'''Apache Junction''' (Western Apache: Hagosgeed) is a city in [[Pinal County, Arizona|Pinal]] and [[Maricopa County, Arizona]], United States. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 38,499,<ref name="Census 2020"/> most of whom lived in Pinal County. It is named for the junction of the [[Apache Trail]] and [[U.S. Route 70 in Arizona|Old West Highway]]. The area where Apache Junction is located used to be known as '''Youngberg'''. Superstition Mountain, the westernmost peak of the [[Superstition Mountains]], is to the east.