Sporobolus airoides is a species of grass known by the common name alkali sacaton. Matthew B. Juan monument in the town of Sacaton, Arizona. C. H. Cook Memorial Church was a historic church on Church Street in Sacaton, Arizona. A widow, Thomas was a resident of Sacaton, Arizona. The Maricopa Villages were&colon; Sacaton and Huesoparada. The surrounding meadows are "thickly covered" with sacaton and salt grass. Gila River EMS headquarters are located in Sacaton, Arizona. Blackwater Community School opened in 1939 to serve Blackwater and Sacaton Flats. A new US 193 was proposed from Phoenix through Sacaton and Casa Grande to Picacho. Members of the genus are usually called dropseeds or sacaton grasses. The other runs east of Arizona Avenue and dead-ends near Sacaton, Arizona. Tribal administrative offices and departments are located in Sacaton. In 1932, the family settled in Bapchule, Arizona, approximately 12 miles northwest of Sacaton. Sacaton village lay on the Gila River, 3.75 miles west of modern Sacaton. In Sacaton, about two-thirds of the city was inundated with at least of water.