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is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The population was 3,335 at the 2000 census. The Cornville CDP includes the communities of Cornville and
Cornville and Page Springs are rapidly-growing suburban areas that serve as bedroom communities for nearby Sedona and Cottonwood, Arizona. Both communities are located along scenic Oak Creek, a tributary of the Verde River. Lower Oak Creek has been designated an Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society. Page Springs hosts the large
Page Springs fish hatchery , operated by Arizona Game and Fish . Adjacent to the hatchery are creekside hiking trails and bird-watching areas.
The city's best known resident is U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican Presidential candidate John McCain. McCain's home in Cornville, referred to in the media as his "Sedona Cabin," is where he and his running-mate, Alaska governor Sarah Palin, prepared for their debates.
"At a meeting of Verde Valley pioneers, one of them said it was the intention to name it Cohnville, for a family named Cohn that lived there. When the papers came back from Washington, they had read it Cornville, so the settlers accepted the name." --Letter, L.J. Putsch, early Forest Ranger . The Cornville post office was established May 11, 1887.