Arizona Places

Gila River War Relocation Center

The Gila River War Relocation Center was an American concentration camp in Arizona, one of several built by the War Relocation Authority (WRA) during the Second World War for the incarceration of Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the United States. It was located within the Gila River Indian Reservation (over their objections) near the town of Sacaton, about 30 mi (48.3 km) southeast of Phoenix. With a peak population of 13,348, it became the fourth-largest city in the state, operating from May 1942 to November 16, 1945.

Gila River War Relocation Center

Facts and sources

Place

Category
Historic Site
Destination
Chandler
County
Pinal County
State
Arizona

Visitation

Annual visits
Not published

Ranking

Overall score
53.1 / 100
Visitation score
No published count
Popularity score
47.2
Significance score
58.0
Confidence
medium

Visiting

Coordinates
33.0720, -111.8910
Last verified
2026-08-12

Where it is

Gila River War Relocation Center is a historic site near Chandler, in Pinal County. It is one of the historic sites in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.

How this ranking was reached

This place scores 53.1 out of 100, at medium confidence. No official visitor count is published for it, so the score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page.

Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.

Sources

Record last verified 2026-08-12.

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