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'''Naco''', a [[Census-Designated Place]] (CDP) located in [[Cochise County, Arizona]], United States had a recorded population of 1,046 during the [[United States Census, 2010|2010 census]]. It's located directly across the [[United States–Mexico border]] from its sister city [[Naco, Sonora]]. Naco is best known for an accidental [[Bombing of Naco|1929 air raid]], and it holds the unfortunate distinction of being the first and only town in the Continental United States to have ever been [[Aerial bombing of cities|bombed by foreign aircraft]]. <ref name="Price, pg. 63-67">{{cite book|last=Price|first=Ethel Jackson|title=Sierra Vista: Young City with a Past |publisher=Arcadia|year=2003|isbn=0738524344}}</ref>
 
The present-day unincorporated town of Naco, Arizona, was established in the early 20th century. The area was originally settled by the Nahua and [[Opata people|Opata]] Indians. ''Naco'' means "[[nopal]] cactus" in the [[Opata language]].{{citation needed|date=February 2013}} The U.S. Congress officially established Naco as a [[Naco Arizona Port of Entry|Port of Entry]] on June 28, 1902.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Naco, Arizona Port of Entry: Archaeology on the Border|url=http://www.nps.gov/seac/naco/indexeng.htm|publisher=U.S. National Park Service|accessdate=4 November 2012}}</ref> Today, the [[Naco Arizona Port of Entry|Naco port of entry]] is open 24 hours per day.