Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Camp Verde, AZ

Camp Verde is an incorporated town in Yavapai County, Arizona — known as ʼMatthi:wa in Yavapai and Gambúdih in Western Apache — with ZIP code 86322.

Camp Verde traces its founding to 1865 and is described as the oldest community in the Verde Valley; the town was formally incorporated in 1986.

The U.S. Army established a post here in 1865 to protect settlers farming along the Verde River; first called Camp Lincoln, it was renamed Camp Verde in 1868.

The post moved to its present site in 1871, was renamed Fort Verde in 1879, and was abandoned in 1891; four of its original adobe buildings survive.

Fort Verde State Historic Park in the town's historic downtown preserves the fort, whose surviving buildings date to 1871 and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The 2020 census counted 12,147 residents in Camp Verde, living in 4,683 households, with 5,199 housing units in the town.

Camp Verde has grown rapidly in recent decades, from just 285 residents in 1960 to 10,873 in 2010 and 12,147 in 2020.

Interstate 17 bisects Camp Verde, and State Route 260 connects the town east to Payson and west to Cottonwood.

The town lies in the Verde River valley at an elevation of about 3,094 feet, surrounded by the Prescott National Forest with the Mogollon Rim to the north.

Montezuma Castle National Monument, the Verde Valley Archaeology Center, and the Out of Africa Wildlife Park are among the attractions in and near Camp Verde.