Jerome is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 353. A mining town named Jerome was established on the side of Cleopatra Hill in 1883. It was named for Eugene Murray Jerome, a New York investor who owned the mineral rights and financed mining there. The presence of silver and copper has been known in the area around what is now Jerome since the Spanish colonial era when Arizona was part of New Spain. http://www.azjerome.com/pages/jerome/scenic.htm