Editing Prescott Valley, Arizona

{{Short description|Town in Yavapai County, Arizona}}
{{Distinguish|Prescott, Arizona}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
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| official_name      = Prescott Valley, Arizona
| settlement_type    = [[Town]]
| image_skyline      = Skyline of Prescott Valley civic center.jpg
| image_caption      = Skyline view of Prescott Valley civic center
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| mapsize            = 250x250px
| map_caption        = Location of Prescott Valley in Yavapai County, Arizona
| pushpin_map        = Arizona#USA
| pushpin_label      = Prescott Valley
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Arizona
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| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Arizona|County]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Arizona]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Yavapai County, Arizona|Yavapai]]
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| government_footnotes = 
| established_title  = Incorporated (town)
| established_date   = 1978
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = [[Town Council]]
| leader_name        = 
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| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_04.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 104.80
| area_total_sq_mi   = 40.47
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| population_total   = 46785
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_density_km2 = 446.40
| population_density_sq_mi = 1156.18
| population_metro   = 218,844 (US: [[List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas|199th]])
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| timezone           = [[Mountain Standard Time Zone|MST]]
| utc_offset         = -7
| elevation_ft       = 5063
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code        = 86312, 86314, 86315
| area_code          = [[Area code 928|928]]
| website            = http://www.prescottvalley-az.gov
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 04-57450
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'''Prescott Valley''' is a town located in [[Yavapai County, Arizona]], United States, approximately {{convert|8|mi}} east of [[Prescott, Arizona|Prescott]]. According to the 2020 United States census, Prescott Valley has a population of 46,785 residents.<ref name="USCensusEst2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|access-date=May 21, 2020}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Barlow-Massicks House.tif|left|thumb|alt=|Barlow Massick's House]]
Prescott Valley's Fitzmaurice Ruins contain artifacts from the early Mountain [[Patayan]] people who inhabited the area some 1,400 years ago.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prescott History |url=https://townsquarepublications.com/prescott-valley-az-history/ |website=townsquarepublications.com}}</ref>
The [[Walker Party]] discovered gold along [[Lynx Creek]]<ref>Lynx Creek https://highlandscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Highlands-Trail-Geology-Map.pdf</ref> in 1863. The Lynx Creek placers went on to produce a recorded {{convert|29000|ozt|kg}} of gold. Estimates of actual production range up to {{convert|80,000|ozt|kg}}, which would be worth about $138 million at 2020 prices.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.apmex.com/gold-price|title=USD Gold Price Charts & Historical Data|website=APMEX|access-date=August 30, 2019}}</ref>

Prescott Valley, formerly known as Lonesome Valley, was settled by ranchers in the 1880s, raising beef to supply the miners and new settlers. The Fain family, pioneer ranchers, still ranch in the valley.<ref name=Cross/>

Thomas Gibson Barlow-Massicks arrived in the area in the early 1890s and built the historic "castle" that still stands in Fain Park. Massicks had a [[hydraulic mining|hydraulic gold mining]] operation in Lynx Creek Canyon and built the company mining camp of Massicks, Arizona just east of his Victorian home, the castle. The fireplace with chimney just inside the castle's fence is all that remains of the Massicks store. Massicks accidentally shot himself and died in April 1899 at the age of 37. In the 1930s, there was a [[gold dredge|gold dredging]] operation, the Doodle Bug Diggings, farther east in Lynx Creek Canyon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sharlot.org/archives/history/dayspast/days_show.pl?name=1997_10_12&h=%7CMassicks%7C|title=Sharlot Hall Museum|access-date=August 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727033945/http://www.sharlot.org/archives/history/dayspast/days_show.pl?name=1997_10_12&h=%7CMassicks%7C|archive-date=July 27, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the mid-1960s, Prescott Valley Incorporated, a real-estate company from Phoenix, purchased land in an area 10 miles east of Prescott known as Lonesome Valley. In 1966, representatives from Prescott Valley Inc. began traveling to the Midwest to sell home lots. By 1978, more than 1,500 residents were living in the unincorporated area now known as Prescott Valley. In 1978, 80 percent of the voters of Prescott Valley voted for incorporation as a town.<ref name=Cross>Jean Cross, 2009, ''Images of America: Prescott Valley'', Arcadia Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7385-7070-2}}</ref> The town celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2018.

In 1985, Prescott Valley got its first licensed radio station. The station was the first solar powered FM station in the United States. Today, Arizona's Hometown Radio Group has grown to seven stations throughout Arizona.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.azhometownradio.com|title=Arizona's Hometown Radio}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Heliograph signaling.tif|left|thumb|Heliograph signaling]]
Prescott Valley (locally, '''PV''') is located  in central Arizona approximately {{convert|85|mi|km}} north of [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] at {{convert|5100|ft|m}}. elevation. PV has  good access to [[Arizona State Route 89]], [[Arizona State Route 89A|SR-89A]] and [[Arizona State Route 69|SR-69]], connecting to  Interstates [[Interstate 17|17]] and [[Interstate 40 in Arizona|40]].  Air service is available at [[Ernest A. Love Field]], approximately {{convert|8|mi|km}} northwest.

One of PV's landmarks, Glassford Hill (elevation {{convert|6177|ft|m}}) was an active [[volcano]] between 10 and 14 million years ago.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pvaz.net/279/History | title=About Prescott Valley | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706003443/http://www.pvaz.net/279/History |access-date=January 4, 2018 | archive-date=July 6, 2015 |url-status=live |publisher=Town of Prescott Valley}}</ref> Colonel William A. Glassford traveled the area in the 1880s and helped build a system of 27 [[heliograph]] stations to monitor the movements of [[Apache]] Indians, U.S. military troops and civilians. Glassford Hill was a part of that early communications system.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prescott Valley Historical Society |url=https://www.prescottvalley-az.gov/1170/Prescott-Valley-Historical-Society}}</ref>

===Climate===
According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], Prescott Valley has a [[Semi-arid climate#Cold semi-arid climates|cold semi arid climate]] (abbreviated ''BSk'').

{{Weather box
|location = Prescott Valley, 1991–2020 simulated normals (5118 ft elevation)
|collapsed = Y
|single line = y
|precipitation colour  =green
|Jan precipitation mm  =35.31
|Feb precipitation mm  =39.95
|Mar precipitation mm  =33.30
|Apr precipitation mm  =12.98
|May precipitation mm  =10.37
|Jun precipitation mm  =9.12
|Jul precipitation mm  =60.80
|Aug precipitation mm  =62.59
|Sep precipitation mm  =41.99
|Oct precipitation mm  =23.64
|Nov precipitation mm  =19.57
|Dec precipitation mm  =32.16
|Jan high C = 11.5
|Feb high C = 13.0
|Mar high C = 16.2
|Apr high C = 19.6
|May high C = 24.3
|Jun high C = 30.2
|Jul high C = 31.8
|Aug high C = 30.5
|Sep high C = 27.9
|Oct high C = 22.6
|Nov high C = 16.4
|Dec high C = 10.9
|Jan mean C  =4.0
|Feb mean C  =5.4
|Mar mean C  =8.2
|Apr mean C  =11.3
|May mean C  =15.8
|Jun mean C  =21.1
|Jul mean C  =24.0
|Aug mean C  =23.1
|Sep mean C  =19.8
|Oct mean C  =13.9
|Nov mean C  =8.0
|Dec mean C  =3.5
|Jan low C = -3.5
|Feb low C = -2.2
|Mar low C = 0.2
|Apr low C = 3.1
|May low C = 7.3
|Jun low C = 12.1
|Jul low C = 16.3
|Aug low C = 15.7
|Sep low C = 11.6
|Oct low C = 5.2
|Nov low C = -0.4
|Dec low C = -3.9
|Jan dew point C =-5.8
|Feb dew point C =-5.3
|Mar dew point C =-4.2
|Apr dew point C =-4.2
|May dew point C =-1.8
|Jun dew point C =-0.3
|Jul dew point C =8.7
|Aug dew point C =11.0
|Sep dew point C =6.5
|Oct dew point C =-0.1
|Nov dew point C =-4.3
|Dec dew point C =-6.4
|source 1 = Prism Climate Group<ref>{{cite web
  | url=https://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/
  | title=PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University
  | publisher=Northwest Alliance for Computational Science & Engineering (NACSE), based at Oregon State University
  | access-date=March 14, 2023}}</ref>
  | date=March 14, 2023}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 244
|1980= 2284
|1990= 8904
|2000= 23535
|2010= 38822
|2020= 46785
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

According to 2020 [[census]],<ref name="USCensusEst2017">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/prescottvalleytownarizona|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Prescott Valley town, Arizona|website=www.census.gov|access-date=August 30, 2019}}</ref> there were 46,785 people and 21,276 households residing in the town. The racial makeup of the town was 78.7% non-Hispanic [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.9% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 1.3% [[Race (United States Census)|American Indian]], 1.6% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]] and 10.4% from two or more races. 19.3% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

As of 2020, there were 19,357 households and the average household size was 2.37. The median income for a household in the Town was $60,033 and the [[per capita income]] for the town was $30,686.  About 11.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]].

==Economy==
Prescott Valley's economy consists of industrial, manufacturing, retail and service businesses. Many retirees live there due to relatively inexpensive housing and the mild climate.

===Top employers===
According to the Prescott Valley Economic Development Foundation,<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Prescott Valley |url=https://pvedf.com |access-date=June 14, 2020}}</ref> the top employers in the town as of April 2022 are:

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
|1
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center - East Campus
|756
|-
|2
| [[Humboldt Unified School District]]
|679
|-
|3
| MI Windows and Doors
|440
|-
|4
| [[Ace Hardware]] Retail Support Distribution Center
|418
|-
|5
| [[Walmart]]
|380
|-
|6
| Town of Prescott Valley
|273
|-
|7
| [[Fry's Food and Drug|Fry's Food Store]]
|232
|-
|8
| Mountain Valley Regional Rehabilitation Hospital
|195
|-
|9
| [[Home Depot]]
|180
|-
|10
|[[Safeway, Inc.]]
|160
|-
|11
|[[Superior Industries]]
|150
|}

==Culture==
[[Prescott, Arizona|Prescott]] was the location of Arizona's first Elks Lodge ([[Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks|BPOE]]). In December 1895 a group of enterprising businessmen in Prescott, sturdy products of the early west, chartered the original petition for a dispensation and later established the [http://www.elks.org/lodges/home.cfm?LodgeNumber=330 Prescott Elks Lodge #330]. "Mother Lodge of Arizona" The Prescott [http://www.elksoperahouse.com/ Elks Opera House] was built by the lodge in 1905. The Prescott Elks Lodge is now located in Prescott Valley and has served the community for more than 116 years.

==Attractions==
Prescott Valley is located within 10 minutes of the [[Prescott National Forest]], with lakes, fishing, hiking and camping. The Entertainment District is located downtown and offers a variety of restaurants, a 6,000-seat events center,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prescottvalleyeventcenter.com/ |title=Prescott Valley Event Center |publisher=Prescott Valley Event Center |access-date=November 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011153743/http://prescottvalleyeventcenter.com/ |url-status=live |archive-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> a multi-screen movie theater, and retail shops. There are 27 parks.  Fain Park preserves remnants of early 20th century gold mining along Lynx Creek.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prescott |url=https://www.nationalforests.org/our-forests/find-a-forest/prescott-national-forest |website=nationalforests.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Great Reasons to Move to Prescott, AZ |url=https://www.prescottenews.com/index.php/feeds/item/29490-great-reasons-to-move-to-prescott-az |access-date=February 28, 2017 |agency=prescottenews}}</ref>

===Sports===
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The [[Northern Arizona Suns]], a minor league basketball team in the [[NBA G League]], played in the [[Findlay Toyota Center]] from 2016 to 2020.

The [[Arizona Sundogs]] minor professional ice hockey team called Prescott Valley its home from 2006 to 2014.  The team won the [[Central Hockey League]] championship in 2008.

The [[Arizona Adrenaline]] indoor football team also played two seasons in the Tim's Toyota Center (now the Findlay Toyota Center.)  A new team, the [[Northern Arizona Wranglers]] of the [[Indoor Football League]], began play in 2021 and won the league's National Championship in 2022.

Prescott Valley's Mountain Valley Splash is an outdoor community pool that seasonally offers children's swim lessons, water aerobics, school swim team practices, and recreational swim.

=== Parks and trails ===
Prescott Valley has over 300 acres of community parks and trails <ref>{{Cite web |title=Parks {{!}} Prescott Valley, AZ - Official Website |url=https://www.prescottvalley-az.gov/325/Parks |access-date=December 19, 2022 |website=www.prescottvalley-az.gov}}</ref> that are open to the public. Parks range from athletic fields to playgrounds, walking paths, and waterways. The trails offer a variety of terrain and views depending on time of year/seasons.

===Fain Park===
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The Fain family, who were one of the original pioneer families to settle in Prescott Valley, donated the land in which Fain Park is located to the citizens of Prescott Valley. The Fain Lake is located within the park. Also located in the park is the Victorian British Manor known as “The Castle”.  The structure was built in 1891, by English entrepreneur Thomas Gibson Barlow-Massicks. Barlow-Massicks established a gold mining operation and some of the equipment which he used is on display there. The Chapel of the Valley opened in 2002. The [[stained glass]] windows of the chapel, made in 1906 in Germany, once belonged to the Mercy Hospital which burned to the ground in 1940. Henry Lovell Brooks (1912–2006), an educator and organist for the First Congregational Church in Prescott, helped build the Chapel of the Valley and donated the windows and a 1877 [[Estey Organ|Estey Reed Pipe Organ]]. Fain Park was listed in the National Register of Historic Places, as part of the Lynx Creek District, on August 31, 1978, reference # 78000571. Fain Park is located at south of Arizona State Route 69 and east of Stoneridge Drive.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pvaz.net/DocumentCenter/View/4817/Welcome-to-Fain-Park|title=Fain Park|access-date=August 30, 2019}}</ref>

Pictured are the following:
* The Lynx Creek District National Register of Historic Places marker.
* The Fain Park waterfall
* The Fain Park Bridge over Fain Lake.
* The Lynx Creek Dam.
* A 30” diameter pipe constructed from individual tubes, riveted together to control the flow of water during the hydraulic gold mining process.
* A refurbished Gold Stamp Mill and other mining equipment.
* The Barlow-Massicks Victorian British Manor "The Castle" and the manor's storage shack and tool shed.
* The ruins of what was once the Massicks Stage Stop and Post Office and that of a wagon.
* A 1906 stained glass window and dedication in the Chapel of the Valley.
* The 1877, Estey Reed Pipe Organ which Henry Lovell Brooks donated to the Chapel of the Valley.
* Chapel of the Valley marker.

{{Gallery
|title=Fain Park<br />Lynx Creek District<br />[[File:Prescott Valley-Lynx Creek District-Fain Park.jpg|center|thumb|250px|{{center|'''National Register of Historic Places Marker'''}}]]
|width=180px
|height=200px
|align=center
|||File:Prescott Valley-Lynx Creek District-Fain Park Water Fall on Fain Lake-2.jpg |Fain Lake waterfall
|||File:Prescott Valley-A-Lynx Creek District-Fain Lake Dam-1927.jpg |The Lynx Creek Dam
|||File:Prescott Valley-Lynx Creek District-Fain Park-Refurbished Gold Stamp Mill.jpg|Refurbished Gold Stamp Mill
|||File:Prescott Valley-Lynx Creek District-Fain Park-Barlow-Massicks Victorian House-1890.jpg |Barlow-Massicks Victorian British Manor "The Castle"
|||||File:Prescott Valley-Lynx Creek District-Fain Park- Bull Whacker Stage Stop-1890-1.jpg |Ruins of the  1890 Massicks Stage Stop and Post Office
|File: Prescott Valley-Lynx Creek District-Fain Park- Bull Whacker Stage Stop-1890-2 (2).jpg
| Close-up view of the Massicks Stage Stop and Post Office ruins
|File:Prescott Valley-Lynx Creek District-Fain Park-Massick Stage Stop and Post Office-1890-2.jpg |Abandoned wagon by the ruins of the Massicks Stage Stop and Post Office
|File:Prescott Valley-Lynx Creek District-Fain Park-Chapel of the Valley-2002.jpg |Chapel of the Valley
|File:Prescott Valley-Lynx Creek District-Fain Park-Chapel of the Valley-Stained Glass Window-1906.jpg |1906 Stained Glass window
|||File:Prescott Valley-Lynx Creek District-Fain Park-Chapel of the Valley-, Esley Reed Pipe Organ -1877.jpg |1877 Estey Reed Pipe Organ
|File:Prescott Valley-Lynx Creek District-Fain Park-Chapel of the Valley-1.jpg|Chapel of the Valley Marker
}}

==Transportation==
[[File:Picture of yavaline bus in front of Prescott Valley civic center.jpg|left|thumb]]
There are three main thoroughfares in and around Prescott Valley which include [[Arizona State Route 89A]], [[Arizona State Route 69]] and Fain Road. Arizona State Route 89A is a four lane divided highway that connects Prescott Valley to northern Prescott and [[Ernest A. Love Field]] Airport to the west and to the east [[Jerome, Arizona|Jerome]], [[Cottonwood, Arizona|Cottonwood]] and [[Sedona, Arizona|Sedona]]. Arizona State Route 69 is a six lane roadway that connects Prescott Valley to downtown [[Prescott, Arizona|Prescott]] and [[Interstate 17]]. Fain Road is a four lane limited access freeway that links Arizona State Route 89A and Arizona State Route 69 in the east. In 2006 the town of Prescott Valley proposed the Great western Corridor from Arizona State Route 89A to Outer Loop road in Chino Valley, Arizona.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pvaz.net/DocumentCenter/Home/View/656 |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 2, 2017 |archive-date=April 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407172527/http://www.pvaz.net/DocumentCenter/Home/View/656 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Created in 2022, the YavaLine Regional Transit System (“YAV”) is the first-ever transit service in the Prescott Valley area. The YAV is starting with a shared ride, on-demand service.<ref>{{Cite web |title=YavaLine Regional Transit System {{!}} Prescott Valley, AZ - Official Website |url=https://www.prescottvalley-az.gov/183/YavaLine-Regional-Transit-System |access-date=December 9, 2022 |website=www.prescottvalley-az.gov}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Sharlot Hall]]'s family had a ranch between present-day Prescott Valley and [[Dewey, Arizona|Dewey]]. She lived there from 1890 to about 1925.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.orchardrvresort.com/About%20Us/historical.htm|title=Orchard Ranch history|access-date=August 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523023535/http://www.orchardrvresort.com/About%20Us/historical.htm|archive-date=May 23, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.prescottvalley-az.gov/ Town of Prescott Valley]
* [https://www.findlaytoyotacenter.com/ Event Center]
* [http://www.dcourier.com/ Prescott Daily Courier – Newspaper]
* [http://www.pvtrib.com/ Prescott Valley Tribune – Newspaper]
* [http://www.lonesomevalleynewspaper.com/ Lonesome Valley Newspaper]
* [http://www.kppv.com Prescott Valley's First Radio Station 106.7 FM]
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