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Edited Paragraph for Missionary lessons The ghost town of Podunk, Arizona is located in Caliente County 22 miles south of the city of Globe, Arizona. Founded at some point in the late 1800s it had a population of 1067 people in the 1940 census. Most of the people who lived there worked in the large copper mining industry that surrounded the town. The Podunk Hospital was built at least by 1910 because the Caliente County records have copies of birth certificates dating back to 1910 that were originally generated at the Podunk hospital. When the town of Podunk was destroyed, its residents moved to a new town 10 miles away that was built for them called Kernal, Arizona. The records of the Podunk hospital are kept in the Kernel Health Clinic in Kernel, Arizona and can be viewed by appointment with the Clinic personnel. Birth/Death certificate information is in the county seat Caliente county, Purdyhot, Arizona. As a historical note, the local newspaper began publishing in 1920 and discontinued services in 1960. The Arizona State University library in Tempe, Arizona has a few issues of the newspaper, mostly dating back to 1960 that can be viewed in the library. Podunk was served by a Methodist church, a Baptist church and a small LDS church. The local Catholic church was located in Via Sonora, three miles from Podunk.