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History
The small town of Podunk is located in the Arizona desert. There is uncertainty as to the exact location. Possible locations are close to Superior or further north near Globe. It was founded sometime around the late 1800s. The population was small as it never exceeded 1000 people. The little town had a hospital, a small newspaper, and a cemetery. The population of Podunk was moved to Kernel, Arizona, a few miles away, after the buildings were destroyed and the ground cleared. However, the cemetery was left intact. The town of Podunk became a ghost town.

Birth and Death Records
The hospital began issuing birth certificates in the early 1900s until sometime after 1942. The hospital records were most likely moved to the new town of Kernal, Arizona which was built to replace Podunk. The Kernel health clinic in possible repository of the records from the Podunk Hospital sometime after 1942.

Cemetery
The concrete headstones in the cemetery are in poor condition due to weathering. As a consequence, the names and dates inscribed on the headstones are difficult to read. However, a list of the names of people who were buried in the cemetery is in the city hall of Kernel.

Newspaper
The newspaper was called: "Podunk Publishes" and it closed down before the town became a ghost town in 1963. Everybody in town saved the last newspaper they printed and there was even an article about it in the newspaper from Phoenix.

Churches
There were a lot of churches there but all I remember are Methodists, Baptists and a handful of Mormons who met in a house. Catholics had to drive to Via Sonora to go to church.