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Apache Junction, Arizona
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<p>Apache Junction (Western Apache: Hagosgeed) is a city in <a href="/facts/Pinal_County%2c_Arizona/vc0UYrFk">Pinal</a> and <a href="/facts/Maricopa_County%2c_Arizona/lw6VHMkB">Maricopa County, Arizona</a>, United States. As of the <a href="/facts/2020_United_States_census/dTEm5TRr">2020 census</a>, the population was 38,499, most of whom lived in Pinal County. It is named for the junction of the <a href="/facts/Apache_Trail/RuY1Mdsn">Apache Trail</a> and <a href="/facts/U.S._Route_70_in_Arizona/0GzSPstQ">Old West Highway</a>. The area where Apache Junction is located used to be known as Youngberg. Superstition Mountain, the westernmost peak of the <a href="/facts/Superstition_Mountains/m6FE6XuS">Superstition Mountains</a>, is to the east. </p>