Blue (originally, Whittum) is an unincorporated community in Greenlee County, Arizona, United States.
Blue has a ZIP Code of 85922; according to the 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 85922 had a population of 141. In addition to its post office, Blue also contains a public library, and the Blue School, serving all grade levels.
History The community was originally named for Nat Whittum, an original settler who was killed at the site in 1891. A post office was established at Whittum in 1894; however, its name was changed to Blue in 1898.
Blue's population was 80 in the 1940s.
Climate
Education Blue School District 22 is the area school district, serving K-12. In 1984 Randy Collier of The Arizona Republic stated due to difficulties in transportation and from being far from other places, "the social life at Blue primarily is at the school." - Clipping of first and of second page (text detail A, text detail B, text detail C) at Newspapers.com.
Previously Blue had a K-8 school, so Round Valley High School in Eagar, of the Round Valley Unified School District, served Blue for high school; some students lived with relatives in Eagar and some traveled to and from Eagar via school bus.
Greenlee County Library System maintains the Blue Public Library in a log cabin adjacent to the Blue School. - Address is given as adjacent to the Blue School
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