Among Arizona's best places to live, Queen Creek, a town in Maricopa and Pinal counties. It is a suburb of Phoenix, located in the far southeast area of the Phoenix metropolitan area. Originally, Queen Creek was known as Rittenhouse, the name given to a railroad stop that became a community. The creek that takes its name from was originally called Picket Post Creek, but was renamed Queen Creek for the Silver Queen Mine. Queen Creek is a rural community with most residents owning their homes. The National Register of Historic Places or the San Tan Historical Society has listed several properties in the town of Queen Creek as historic.