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Holbrook is on the banks of the Little Colorado River in northeastern Arizona’s Navajo County high plateau country. In 1881, railroad tracks were laid in northeastern Arizona, passing through an area known as Horsehead Crossing. The following year a railroad station was built at Horsehead Crossing and the community’s name was changed to Holbrook in honor of Henry Randolph Holbrook, first chief engineer of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. Holbrook, at an elevation of 5,080 feet, became the county seat of Navajo County in 1895 and was incorporated in 1917.

Holbrook is an important trade center for northeastern Arizona. Its location on historic Route 66 and on Interstate 40 at the junction of four major highways, between the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest to the south and the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations to the north, makes tourism important to the local economy.