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Prescott was the home to Fort Whipple from its inception, which acted as a base for campaigns against natives. Prescott was a stereotypical "wild west" town during the latter half of the 19th century; famous residents included Doc Holliday and Virgil Earp of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. The makeshift wooden town burned to the ground several ...
Location of Prescott in Arizona. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Prescott, Arizona. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Prescott, Arizona, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the ...
Prescott Valley is a town located in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, approximately 8 miles (13 km) east of Prescott. According to the 2020 United States ...
The town-site of Prescott was officially founded in 1864, as the Territorial Capital of Arizona. The secretary of Arizona Territory, Richard Cunningham McCormick , urged that it be named for the historian William H. Prescott, whose books on the conquest of Mexico and Peru McCormick admired.
There are 134 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 that is also a National Historic Landmark. 65 of these properties and districts are located in the city of Prescott, and are listed separately, while the remaining properties and districts (including the National Historic Landmark) are located ...
City/Town/etc. Population (2010 Census) Municipal type Incorporated 1 Peoria (most of population in Maricopa County) 154,065 City 1954 2 † Prescott: 39,843 City 1883 3 Prescott Valley: 38,822 Town 1978 4 Verde Village: 11,605 CDP 5 Cottonwood: 11,265 City 1960 6 Camp Verde: 10,873 Town 1986 7 Chino Valley: 10,817 Town 1970 8 Sedona (partly in ...
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The town of Chino Valley was incorporated in 1970. The town is in north-central Arizona, on state Highway 89, 15 miles (24 km) north of Prescott and 35 miles (56 km) south of Ash Fork, which is on Interstate 40. Chino Valley is at an elevation of about 4,750 feet (1,450 m).