The site was located 20 miles east of Oatmans Flat Station and 15 miles west of Gila Ranch Station.

[2] It was located along the Gila River near the present site of the Painted Rock Reservoir The site was originally a Native American village named Rancheria de San Diego by Father Francisco Garces in 1774.

Subsequently, it was named Murderers Grave in the 1850s for an accused murderer who was hung there by travelers on the Southern Emigrant Trail during the California Gold Rush.

In 1872 the name became 'Kenyon Station' for Charles H. Kenyon, superintendent of Moore and Carrs Stage line from Tucson to Yuma from 1872 to 1879.

[3] Murderer's Grave or Kenyon Station site is located in Maricopa County, Arizona at an elevation of 380 ft.