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Prescott (/ ˈprɛskət / PRESS-kət) [5][6][7] is a city in and the county seat of Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. [8] As of 2020 Census, the city's population was 45,827. In 1864, Prescott was designated as the capital of the Arizona Territory, replacing the temporary capital of Fort Whipple. [9] The territorial capital was moved to ...
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 Census, Prescott Valley has a population of 46,785 residents.
e. John Noble Goodwin, First Territorial Governor. First Lot Sold-June 7, 1864. First Prescott Courthouse, circa 1885. Palace Hotel window sign. Captain William "Buckey" O'Neill. This is a list of historic properties in Prescott, Arizona, which includes a photographic gallery of its remaining historic structures and monuments.
There are 132 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Yavapai 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 here, while the remaining 67 properties and districts are located elsewhere in the county, and are listed ...
2nd. Website. yavapaiaz.gov. Yavapai County (/ ˈjævəˌpaɪˌ / YA-və-pye) is a county near the center of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, its population was 236,209, [1] making it the fourth-most populous county in Arizona. The county seat is Prescott. [2] Yavapai County comprises the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ ...
Chino Valley is the site of the first Territorial Capital of Arizona. The capital moved to Prescott, 15 miles (24 km) away, in 1864. U.S. Army Cavalry Lt. Amiel W. Whipple, while traveling through the area in 1854, gave the community its name. "Chino" is the Spanish name for the abundant curly grama grass growing in the area.
The Prescott Public Library is the public library in Prescott, Arizona. The original Prescott Public Library was a Carnegie library at 125 E. Gurley Street, which is now an office building. It was the first Carnegie library in Arizona. This building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [2][3]
The Prescott National Forest is a 1.25 million-acre (510,000 ha) United States National Forest located in north central Arizona in the vicinity of Prescott.The forest is located in the mountains southwest of Flagstaff and north of Phoenix in Yavapai County, with a small portion (about 3.5 percent) extending into southwestern Coconino County.