Paradise Valley is a desert and mountain town in Arizona east of state capital Phoenix, of which it is a suburb.

In the 1880s, when the land was being surveyed so it could be developed into agricultural lots, the name "Paradise Valley" first came into use, given by surveyors from the Rio Verde Canal Company and its manager at the time, Frank Conkey.

[6] The name may have been chosen due to the abundance of spring wildflowers and palo verde trees.

[8] These residents formed the "Citizens Committee for the Incorporation of The Town of Paradise Valley, Arizona", which collected enough signatures to take to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.

The supervisors granted the petition, allowing the town of Paradise Valley to be incorporated on May 24, 1961.

Several historical sites are within the town, including the Harold C. Price, Sr. House, McCune Mansion/Hormel Mansion, and Barry Goldwater Memorial Park.

In 2012, the Forbes magazine named Paradise Valley's zip code, 85253, the 71st-most expensive in the United States.

[13] In February 2024, Business Insider highlighted how the city was seeing a notable increase in the number of wealthy transplants from California.

[18] In 2012, citizens gathered 500 signatures on a petition requesting that the council reconsider the issue of direct election of the mayor.

In June 2012, the council voted to return the question of direct election of mayor to the people.

According to Paradise Valley's 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,[24] the top employers in the town as of 2020 were: The town is not to be confused with Paradise Valley Village, an official municipal designation, in northeast Phoenix.