It’s Show Low

Deuce of Clubs and downtown Show Low

Part of Show Low, our guide to the city’s lakes, trails, parks and downtown.

Deuce of Clubs is Show Low’s main street, named for the card that won the town: in the 1870s Corydon Cooley turned up the deuce of clubs to win the ranch from Marion Clark. A bronze card-game monument stands at the Festival Marketplace, 1031 E. Deuce of Clubs, and a Saturday farmers market runs downtown in summer.

1953Show Low incorporates
11,732people, 2020 Census
6,412 ftelevation, per the City
Satsummer farmers market
Aerial photo of Show Low: downtown along Deuce of Clubs, the airport runways and Show Low Creek
Deuce of Clubs runs diagonally through downtown Show Low; the airport is at upper right. USDA National Agriculture Imagery Program aerial, Oct. 28, 2021. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The card-game monument

The City lists a stage and a card-game bronze monument at the Festival Marketplace, 1031 E. Deuce of Clubs. The story behind it is on our history page.

Farmers market and Main Street

Show Low Main Street Farmers Market and Art WalkSaturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., May 16 to September 19 (2026 season), near the library parking lot at 9th St. and Huning
What’s soldPlant starts, meats, eggs, fruit and vegetables, honey, jams, baked goods, arts and crafts
Good to knowFree parking, paved walking, ADA accessible, shade trees

Show Low Main Street also runs the Halloween Trunk-or-Treat and Santa’s Holiday Market; see Show Low events.

An old two-story red brick house with a weathered roof in tall grass under a blue sky
The Abner Ellsworth house, on 8th Street between Deuce of Clubs and Hall. Photo: Ammodramus, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Show Low in numbers

Population11,732 (2020 Census); the City estimates 12,132 (2022)
Land area65 square miles
Elevation6,412 ft per the City; USGS gives about 6,330 ft at the town’s map point
Incorporated1953
CountyNavajo
City Hall180 N. 9th St.; (928) 532-4124
Seasonal populationThe City estimates 30,000 across the White Mountains area

What we could not verify

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Questions people ask

Why is the main street in Show Low called Deuce of Clubs?

After the card that won the town: Corydon Cooley turned up the deuce of clubs to win the ranch in a game with Marion Clark in the 1870s.

Is there a farmers market in Show Low?

Yes. Show Low Main Street runs one on Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., from mid-May to mid-September, near the library at 9th St. and Huning.

How many people live in Show Low?

11,732 at the 2020 Census; the City estimated 12,132 in 2022 and about 30,000 people across the White Mountains area in season.

Sources

  1. City of Show Low: City profile
  2. City of Show Low: Parks and facilities
  3. U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb: 2020 Census places
  4. USGS Elevation Point Query Service
  5. Show Low Main Street: Farmers market

Checked October 22, 2026 by It’s Show Low. Cite this page: It’s Show Low (itsshowlow.com), checked October 22, 2026. Free to quote with a link; tables are licensed CC BY 4.0.