Prescott (Arizona)
Yavapai County
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Prescott is a city in Yavapai County in the U.S. state of Arizona with 42 085 inhabitants ( 2006) and is the county seat ( county seat ). Not far from the city lies the Prescott National Forest and in the 2355 m high Mingus Mountain.
Population Development
¹ 1980-2000: census results; 2005 and 2007: Updating the U.S. Census Bureau
Management
Mayor (2007-2009) is Jack Wilson
Traffic
By Prescott runs the Arizona State Route 89 and Arizona State Route 69 begins at the eastern edge of town.
Museums
- Phippen Museum Western
- Sharlot Hall
- Smoki Museum
Sons and daughters of the town
- Thomas Edward Campbell, a two-time Governor of Arizona
- Dorothy Fay, an actress
- Jay Miner, chip designers, applies, inter alia as the father of the Amiga