[5] He recounts meeting a large population of natives who referred to themselves as the Pipa Aha Macav, meaning "People by the River".

In April 1861, during the early part of the American Civil War, the fort was abandoned, its garrison sent to secure Southern California from possible secession, and then sent to the east.

[7] The U.S. Army remained until September 29, 1890, when the War Department turned it over to the Indian Service by order of President Benjamin Harrison.

It is bordered to the north by Bullhead City, to the west by the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation, and to the south by unincorporated Mesquite Creek.

Aztec Road leads west from the center of Fort Mohave across the Colorado into the southernmost corner of Nevada, 16 miles (26 km) south of Laughlin.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Fort Mohave CDP has an area of 16.7 square miles (43 km2), all of it recorded as land.

[1] Many neighborhoods in Fort Mohave are built on man-made lakes, golf courses, and mesas with majestic mountain views.