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formally promoted Neo
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A more modern and much larger jail, now considered the "Old Mohave County jail", was later built across Pine Street behind the courthouse and historic jail. In 2023, that jail building on Pine Street was slated to be demolished to make way for a new county justice center.
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The jail serving the county in 2023, at 501 Historic Route 66 in
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In 2022 the building still exists, facing south, nestled between the courthouse and the much larger Mohave County
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was built in 1915, also in the
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