Editing Prescott, Oregon (section)

==History==
[[File:Trojan_implosion.gif|thumb|left|Implosion of Trojan Nuclear plant cooling tower in 2006]]
[[Image:Prescott Beach sign - Prescott Oregon.jpg|thumb|upright|Prescott Beach County Park entrance sign]]
Although the nearby community of [[Rainier, Oregon|Rainier]] was better known as the home of the [[Trojan Nuclear Power Plant]], whose [[cooling tower]] was imploded in May 2006, the plant was in fact located less than a mile from Prescott.  Prescott's origin is that of a mill town associated with a large [[sawmill]] that was located on the west end town in an area now called Prescott Beach.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}}

The community was named in 1905 for the owners of the mill. A post office was established on May 21, 1907, and ran until May 15, 1946.<ref name=OGN>{{cite book |last= McArthur |first= Lewis A. |author-link= Lewis A. McArthur |author2=Lewis L. McArthur |author2-link=Lewis L. McArthur |title= [[Oregon Geographic Names]] |orig-year= 1928 |edition= 7th |year= 2003 |publisher= [[Oregon Historical Society]] Press |location= [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]] |isbn= 0-87595-277-1 |page= 784 }}</ref>