Prescott Valley, Arizona Prescott Valley, Arizona Historic Prescott Valley Motel, assembled about 1966 Historic Prescott Valley Motel, assembled about 1966 Official seal of Prescott Valley, Arizona Prescott Valley, Arizona is positioned in the US Prescott Valley, Arizona - Prescott Valley, Arizona Prescott Valley is a town with a current populace (October 2016) of about 45,500 inhabitants located in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, and a suburb of Prescott (although Prescott Valley is larger).

Prescott Valley was the seventh fastest-growing place among all metros/cities and suburbs in Arizona between 1990 and 2000.

Prescott Valley (locally, PV) is positioned in central Arizona approximately 85 miles (137 km) north of Phoenix at 5,100 feet (1,600 m).

Prescott Valley's Fitzmaurice Ruins contain artifacts from the early Mountain Patayan citizens who inhabited the region some 1,400 years ago.

Prescott Valley, formerly known as Lonesome Valley, was settled by ranchers in the 1880s, raising beef to supply the miners and new settlers.

In the mid-1960s, Prescott Valley Incorporated, a real-estate business from Phoenix, purchased territory in an region 10 miles east of Prescott known as Lonesome Valley.

In 1966, delegates from Prescott Valley Inc.

By 1978, more than 1,500 inhabitants were living in the unincorporated region now known as Prescott Valley.

In 1978, 80% of the voters of Prescott Valley voted for incorporation as a town. In 1985, Prescott Valley got its first licensed airways broadcast.

Today, The Mix 106.7 FM brings adult intact music to the Prescott Valley region as a proud member of Arizona's Hometown Radio Group. Lonesome Valley Brewing, Prescott Valley's premier microbrewery opened in Prescott Valley in 2013.

Prescott Valley's economy consists of industrial, manufacturing, retail and service businesses.

Recent primary improve additions include a $61 - M county-wide medical center and a $15 - M county-wide rehabilitation hospital, and $22 - M Public Library. Northcentral University is based in Prescott Valley.

5 Town of Prescott Valley 254 11 Yavapai College- Prescott Valley Campus 134 In December 1895 a group of enterprising businessmen in Prescott, sturdy products of the early west, charted the initial petition for a dispensation and later established the Prescott Elks Lodge #330.

"Mother Lodge of Arizona" The Prescott Elks Opera House was assembled by the lodge in 1905.

The Prescott Elks Lodge now positioned in Prescott Valley and has served the improve for over 116 years.

Prescott Valley is positioned inside 10 minutes of the Prescott National Forest, with lakes, fishing, hiking and camping.

The Northern Arizona Suns, a minor league basketball team in the NBA Development League, plays out of the Prescott Valley Event Center.

In April 2016, the National Basketball Association's Phoenix Suns purchased their affiliated NBA D-League team, the Bakersfield Jam, and relocated the team to Prescott Valley beginning with the 2016 17 season.

The Arizona Sundogs minor experienced ice hockey team called Prescott Valley its home from 2006 to 2014.

There are three chief thoroughfares in and around Prescott Valley which includes Arizona State Route 89 - A, Arizona State Route 69 and Fain Road.

Arizona State Route 89 - A is a four lane divided highway that joins Prescott Valley to northern Prescott and Ernest A.

Arizona State Route 69 is a six lane roadway that joins Prescott Valley to downtown Prescott and Interstate 17.

Fain Road is a four lane limited access freeway that links Arizona State Route 89 - A and Arizona State Route 69 in the east.

In 2006 the town of Prescott Valley proposed the Great Corridor from Arizona State Route 89 - A to Outer Loop road in Chino Valley, Arizona]]. Erin Hollenshead (formerly Saelens) resided in Prescott Valley from 1987 to 1998.

Jean Cross, 2009, Images of America: Prescott Valley, Arcadia Publishing.

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