The Gila Valley of Graham County, Arizona is a 35 mile (56 km) long valley in central Graham County, Arizona.

The announcement of the temple on May 24, 2008 came a month after the Gila Valley and Gilbert Arizona temples were announced for Arizona.

The Gila Valley, Globe and Northern Railway was a common carrier incorporated on January 24, 1894.

Euroamerican contacts with the Akimel O'Otham in the middle Gila Valley increased after 1846 as a result of the Mexican-American War.

The top morning show in the Gila Valley for 20 years.

Jim Slater (Richard Widmark) meets Karyl Orton (Donna Reed) in Gila Valley, Arizona.

While there, Karyl stakes her claim to the gold; her husband was another victim of Gila Valley.

He served an LDS mission from 1914 to 1916, then worked for various banks in Arizona's Gila Valley as a clerk and bank teller.

It borders the Gila River and Gila Valley on the valley's northeast in north-central Graham County; also the San Carlos Indian Reservation.

The Gila Mountains lie northwest of Safford, Arizona and the Santa Teresa Mountains lie to the southwest across the Gila Valley.