At various times Phoenix was called simply "Indian Villages", they also tried to name it after Stonewall Jackson for a time.
What it was called hundreds of years ago? No idea something in Hohokam/Anasazi and there were a couple of different settlements across time.
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By 1868, a small colony had formed approximately four miles east of the present city. Swilling's Mill became the new name of the area. It was then changed to Helling Mill, after which it became Mill City, and years later, East Phoenix. Swilling, having been a confederate soldier, wanted to name the new settlement Stonewall after Stonewall Jackson. Others suggested the name Salina, but neither name suited the inhabitants. It was Darrell Duppa who suggested the name Phoenix, inasmuch as the new town would spring from the ruins of a former civilization. That is the accepted derivation of our name.
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