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Prescott, Arizona real estate is a historic cowboy town located near the geographic center of Arizona between Phoenix and the Grand Canyon that has evolved into a resort city that embraces its rich frontier history. New residents continue to move into Prescott, Arizona existing homes or resale homes. Searching Prescott MLS resale listings is almost effortless on NewHomesRealEstate.net because we have volumes of comprehensive listings of Prescott existing homes for sale, from mansions to investment properties to condominiums to townhouses.
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Prescott, Arizona Area DemographicsPrescott, Arizona real estate includes a growing section of central Arizona that is at the center of the expanding “Tri-City” area. The county seat and largest city of Yavapai County, Prescott has a population of 33,938 (2000 U.S. census) and has a long history, having been named Arizona’s original territorial capital in 1864 (48 years before Arizona achieved statehood in 1912).
Prescott is the center of the “Tri-City” area, which includes the town of Prescott Valley (population: 23,535), the county’s second-largest community and the seventh-fastest-growing place in the state from 1990-2000, as well as Chino Valley (population: 7,835) and surrounding unincorporated areas with a combined population of about 75,000. The recent incorporation of two adjacent communities, Dewey and Humboldt, east of Prescott, which combined in late 2004 to create the new community of Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona (population: 6,295), sparked talk about a “Quad-City” area.
With a population of 198,701 (2005 U.S. census estimate), Yavapai County, Arizona real estate is the fourth-largest county by population in the state. One of Arizona’s four original counties created in 1864, Yavapai County has since been subdivided to create six other counties, including Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix and more than 61 percent of the entire state population, and Coconino County, the second-largest county by area in the U.S. Despite the partitions, Yavapai County remains larger in area than New Jersey. Yavapai County currently comprises 8,128 square miles with more than 25 cities, towns and unincorporated communities.
Other notable cities or towns in Yavapai County include: the neighboring communities of Cottonwood and Cottonwood-Verde Village, which have a combined population of 19,789; Sedona (population: 10,192), which has a portion of its residents in Coconino County; and Camp Verde (population: 9,451), which lies near Montezuma Castle National Monument, Fort Verde State Historic Park, is adjacent to the Camp Verde Indian Reservation and is the home of the popular annual Corn Festival every summer.
Nineteen Indian reservations dot the entire Arizona landscape and account for about one-quarter of the state’s lands, including the Camp Verde, Middle Verde and Lower Verde Indian reservations inside Yavapai County, as well as the Yavapai Indian Reservation, which abuts the city of Prescott.
Other natural features of Yavapai County are the Prescott National Forest, Tonto National Forest, Tuzigoot National Monument, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Agua Fria National Monument, Dead Horse Ranch State Park and more than half a dozen state and national wilderness areas and small mountain ranges.
Prescott has a variable climate, with four seasons and relatively mild winters. Prescott is located in the Bradshaw Mountains of central Arizona and at an altitude of 5,300 feet is a mile-high city. The average summer temperature is 85 degrees and the average winter temperature is 50. Average annual precipitation is 19.3 inches and average snowfall is 25.4 inches, however there has been a severe drought from 1999 to present (2006), with precipitation dropping dramatically, as evidenced by a lack of snow in the nearby Bradshaw Mountains; the winter of 2005-06 had less than 3 inches of snow.
Prescott, Arizona History and CulturePrescott, Arizona real estate is encircled by the Prescott National Forest and Yavapai County contains the largest stand of Ponderosa pines in the world.
Prescott once had a reputation as a rough cowboy town, but those rustic days are merely a fond memory of Western Americana. Chosen as the original state capital for its location at the center of the state, Prescott was the capital from 1864-67 and again from 1877-89. Prescott was rebuilt after a devastating fire in 1900.
Prescott is named after historian and researcher William H. Prescott (1796-1859), a nearly-blind, Harvard-educated writer who published a wide variety of works, including “The History of the Conquest of Mexico” in 1843, which solidified his local reputation.
Prescott is consistently named as a “best place to retire” by national publications and is home to the world’s longest-running rodeo (since 1888), part of Prescott’s Frontier Days event, which is held each year around Independence Day. Prescott is rich in Western history, containing more than 600 buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including many beautifully-restored Victorian-era homes and bungalows. Locals are fond of saying, “In Prescott, history lives on.”
Yavapai County draws its name from the Yavapai Indian people, a Yuman-speaking culture famed for the intricate baskets they make and who are closely related to the Apache and Havasupai tribes and still live in Yavapai County today on the Yavapai-Apache and Yavapai Prescott Indian reservations. Yavapai means “people of the sun” in English, but has also been translated as “crooked-mouth people.” The Yavapai and their forebears have lived in the area for at least 700 years. Gold and copper were discovered in the area in 1863 and it is estimated that the county has yielded more than $1 billion in ore. Cattle ranching has also long been an important part of the economy.
The history of Yavapai County and Prescott features stories of fabulous gold mines, Indian fights and pioneer settlements. As recently as 1930, the county enclosed nearly 40 percent of the patented mineral areas of Arizona and the county continues to be a state leader in mineral production.
Prescott, Arizona Attractions, Activities and AmenitiesPrescott, Arizona real estate is home to a diverse range of amazing natural beauty and serves as a hub of state history, tradition, art and culture. The city and Prescott County vigorously embrace their Western culture and historical heritage.
Prescott is a resort community that strives to delight, entertain, educate and amuse. Prescott remains true to its roots as a cowboy town, which residents and visitors enjoy. Whether you want to learn to dance two-step, shop, golf, hike, kayak or visit historic mining towns, Prescott has it all. Prescott attractions include museums, art galleries, four theaters, boutiques, fine dining, six golf courses, five lakes and 450 miles of recreational trails for fishing, hiking, biking, horseback riding.
The Sharlot Hall Museum complex in downtown Prescott opened in 1928 and features the Territorial Mansion, which was restored by Sharlot Hall, a poet and historian, and other buildings that date back as far as 1864 and help tell the area’s history, including the 1864 Governor’s Mansion, the 1875 Fremont House and the 1877 Bashford House, all furnished to depict their original historic periods. The downtown Bucky O’Neill Monument commemorates the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry (also known as Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders) and Capt. William O’Neill, a former Yavapai County judge and mayor of Prescott who died in the Spanish-American War. The Phippen Art Museum presents works by Western artists while the Smoki Museum is dedicated to early Pueblo architecture and design.
Montezuma Castle National Monument, near Camp Verde along Interstate 17 between Prescott and Flagstaff, contains well-preserved ruins of an early cliff dwelling dating back to the 12th and 13th centuries. Historians believe the five-story, 20-room castle was inhabited by Sinagua Indians and was once accessible only by ladder.
Granite Basin, just inside the Prescott National Forest about 12 miles northwest of Prescott, is a seven-acre lake at the foot of the Granite Mountains and is a popular recreation area. Granite Dells, a few miles north of Prescott, is a summer playground on Lake Watson. Heritage Park Zoo, also north of Prescott, presents exotic and native animals in natural settings.
Prescott, Arizona is indeed a beautiful, historic place to live. Whether you seek a luxury home, a starter home, a condominium, a townhouse or an investment property, NewHomesRealEstate.net can help you find the Prescott, Arizona real estate you desire.
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