Circle City, Arizona

Circle City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, located 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Surprise on U.S. Route 60. As of the 2020 census, the population was 522.^[2]

Circle City, Arizona
Census-designated place
Location in Maricopa County, Arizona
Coordinates: 33°48′54″N 112°34′52″W
Country	United States
State	Arizona
County	Maricopa
Elevation [1]	1,864 ft (568 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
ZIP code	85342 (Morristown)
FIPS code	04-13610
GNIS feature ID	2805213[1]

History

The development was built in the late 1950s by The Workmen's Circle, a Jewish fraternal and mutual aid society with roots in the socialist movement of the early 20th century. The group created the town as a retirement community for its aging members, but also welcomed anyone over the age of fifty to live in the community.^[3] The community welcomed people from all races and religions that were interested a decade before the Fair Housing Act was passed.^[4][5] Ben Schleifer, himself a Jewish immigrant and who created the nearby retirement community of Youngstown, was tasked with designing the community.^[5]