About Prescott College

Prescott College is a private objector arts speculative in Prescott, Arizona.

Prescott (/ˈprɛskət/ PRESS-kət) is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city is 39,843. The city is the county chair of Yavapai County. In 1864, Prescott was designated as the capital of the Arizona Territory, replacing the performing capital of Fort Whipple. The Territorial Capital was moved to Tucson in 1867. Prescott once more became the Territorial Capital in 1877, until Phoenix became the capital in 1889.

The towns of Prescott Valley, 7 miles (11 km) east; Chino Valley, 16 miles (26 km) north; Dewey-Humboldt, 13 miles (21 km) east, and Prescott, together comprise what is locally known as the “Quad-City” area. This after that sometimes refers to central Yavapai County in general, which would combine the towns of: Mayer, Paulden, Wilhoit, and Williamson Valley. Combined once these smaller communities the Place had a population of 103,260 as of 2007. Prescott is the center of the Prescott Metropolitan Area, defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as whatever of Yavapai County.

The Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe reservation is located against and partially within the borders of Prescott.

Prescott is in the Granite Creek watershed and contains the convergence of Miller Creek and Granite Creek on its north side.