Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Neighborhoods in Phoenix, Arizona, Parks in Phoenix, Arizona, Urban villages of Phoenix, Arizona, Laveen, Arizona, Phoenix Zoo, Central Avenue Corridor, Desert Ridge, Downtown Phoenix, Ahwatukee, Phoenix, Arizona, F. Q. Story Neighborhood Historic District, Piestewa Peak, South Phoenix, North/Northwest Phoenix, Camelback Mountain, Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, Papago Park, Camelback East, Phoenix, Arizona, Central City, Phoenix, Arizona, Encanto, Phoenix, Arizona, Rio Vista, Phoenix, Arizona, Alhambra, Phoenix, Arizona, Copper Square, Pueblo Grande Ruin and Irrigation Sites, Steele Indian School Park, Maryvale Village, Maryvale, Phoenix, Arizona, South Mountain Park, Sunnyslope Mountain, Patriots Square Park, Mummy Mountain, Encanto Park, Phoenix Mountain Preserve, Phoenix Civic Space Park, Phoenix Mountains, Hole-in-the-Rock, East Side, Phoenix, Cortez Lake, Steele Indian School Park Pond, Desert West Lake, Arcadia, Phoenix, Arizona, Sunnyslope, Arizona, Biltmore Area, Phoenix, Arizona, Ro Ho En, Southwest Phoenix, Golden Gate Barrio. Excerpt: Laveen (pronounced ) is a suburban community in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, situated eight miles (13 km) southwest of Downtown Phoenix near the confluence of the Gila and Salt rivers. Parts of Laveen constitute an unincorporated area in Maricopa County, while the remainder falls within the city limits of Phoenix, constituting the city's "Laveen Village." Although Laveen has been home to "pastoral alfalfa, cotton, and dairy farms" since the 1880s, housing and commercial developments have been increasingly urbanizing the area. The Laveen area was first settled by farmers and dairymen in 1884. Despite its proximity to Phoenix, the community was isolated from its larger neighbor by the Salt River, which until the Roosevelt Dam was completed in 1911 carried water year-...