Punkin Center, Arizona

Punkin Center is an unincorporated community in Gila County, Arizona, United States.

[1] The community is located within the Tonto Basin at the confluence of Reno and Tonto creeks.

Roosevelt Lake is eight miles to the south on Route 188.

[3] On September 11, 2019, fugitives Blane and Susan Barksdale, who had escaped from a prisoner transport van the month prior, were captured by U.S.

Marshals at a home in Punkin Center.