Congress

Congress is located in Yavapai County. Accommodations in Congress include the Sierra Vista Motel.

Congress was actually two separate places. "Mill Town" featured the mill, company offices, a hospital and residences. "Lower Town" was located farther south, with the commercial district, restaurants, stores and saloons, two churches and a school. Virtually nothing but debris remains at either site except two cemetaries as lasting testaments to any human presence.

By 1893 the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railroad passed within 3 miles from the mine at Congress. The station, known as Congress Junction, gave life to a small commiunity that featured its own post office. The mining town prospered into the mid 1930s. The post office at Congress closed in August of 1938 and its name was transferred to the post office at Congress Junction.

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