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Cave Creek is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the town was 5,015.GeographyCave Creek is a town located at . in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, and the elevation is 2129 feet above sea level.According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 28.2sqmi, all land. It is adjacent to the town of Carefree, and shares local landmark Black Mountain with Carefree.There are two notable streams known as Cave Creek in Arizona. One flows through the Town of Cave Creek and into Phoenix. This may be the origin of the Town's name. The other Cave Creek is in the Chiricahua Mountains, 200 miles to the southeast.In 2000, the state of Arizona, Maricopa County, and the town of Cave Creek bought Spur Cross Ranch, owned by Tyler Covell, a 2154acre tract of Sonoran desert just north of Phoenix, for $21 million. It had unusual cacti, stone formations, and hundreds of Hopi Indian tribal artifacts, and is now a Maricopa County park.EducationThe portion of Cave Creek west of longitude 111°59'44.21"W is served by Deer Valley Unified School District and the remainder of the town by Cave Creek Unified School District.