-Established on February 1, 1881 from the eastern portion of Pima County
-County seat is Bisbee, and the most populated city is Sierra Vista
-Cochise County is 6,219 square miles, which is the size of Rhode Island and Connecticut combined
-An important agricultural area, and Willcox is home to Arizona's largest weekly cattle auction
-Cochise County is named after Cochise, a Chiricahua Apache war chief who was a key war leader during the Apache Wars