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CDP in Yavapai County, Arizona

Congress (aka Old Congress) is a census designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. Once a gold mining center for the Congress Mine and then a ghost town, Congress now serves as a retirement and bedroom community for nearby Wickenburg. The population was 1,811 at the 2020 census.

Gold was discovered at the Congress Mine in 1884. By 1893, the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway passed within three miles of the mine, at Congress Junction. Congress boomed, and remained prosperous until the mid 1930s, when the mines closed. Total gold production at the Congress Mine exceeded $8 million, at the then current price of $20.67 per ounce – or about $400 million, at the 2007 price. The post office moved to Congress Junction in 1938, where it remains. The community now known as Congress is the old Congress Junction. Little remains at the original mining camp townsite. The old Congress Cemetery is nearby.

Congress is located at (34.146068, 112.846533). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 37.7 square miles (98 km2), of which 37.6 square miles (97 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0 km2) (0.08%) is water.

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Congress has a semi arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.

At the 2020 census, there were 1,811 people and 801 households residing in Congress. The population density was 47.9 per square mile. There were 1,166 housing units at an average density of 30.9 per square mile. Students attended Wickenburg USD for all grade levels prior to 2001, when the Congress K 8 facility opened.

The Congress Post Office, of the United States Postal Service, opened in 2001.