Sáric
Town in Sonora, Mexico
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Sáric (O'odham: Ṣaʼalk mountain pass) is a small town in Sáric Municipality, located in the extreme north of the Mexican state of Sonora. In 2010, it had a population of 892.
History
The town was founded in 1690 by Jesuit missionary Eusebio Kino as Mission Santa Gertrudis del Sáric.[1] It served as the local mission headquarters, with visitas at Búsanic, Aquimuri, and San Antonio de la Arizona. Missionaries stationed there included:[2]
- Pedro de Sandoval (1690)
- Juan Nentuig (1750–1751)
- Miguel Gerstner (1756; 1762–1767)
- Bernard Middendorff (1756)
- Juan José Agorreta (1768–1776)
- Antonio Ramos (1776–1783)
- Florencio Ibáñez (1783–1798)
- Ramón López (1795)
- Andrés Sánchez (1796)
- Bartolomé Socies (1798–1815)
- Matías Creo (1815–1828)
