Prattville, Alabama "Prattville"
Prattville, Alabama Official seal of Prattville, Alabama Location in the state of Alabama Location in the state of Alabama Counties Autauga, Elmore Prattville is a town/city in Autauga and Elmore counties in the State of Alabama.
As of the 2010 census, the populace of the town/city is 33,960.
Nicknamed "The Fountain City" due to the many artesian wells in the area, Prattville is part of the Montgomery urbane statistical region and serves as the governmental center of county of Autauga County.
In 1868, it was titled the governmental center of county for Autauga County. Prattville contains a several sites on the National Register of Historic Places, including the Daniel Pratt Historic District, Bell House and Buena Vista. Prattville is positioned at Coordinates: 32 27 44 N 86 27 41 W (32.462235, -86.461264). According to the U.S.
Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 33.8 square miles (88 km2) of which 32.9 square miles (85 km2) is territory and 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2) (3.09%) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 33,960 citizens , 12,711 homeholds, and 9,305 families residing in Prattville.
There were 12,711 homeholds out of which 35.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 55.1% were married couples living together, 4.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, 14/0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 26.8% were non-families.
In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 27.1% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who are 65 years of age or older.
Prattville is part of the Autauga County School System and has eight schools, including Prattville High School and the Autauga County Technology Center. Prattville Christian Academy is a private school based in the city.
East Memorial Christian Academy is positioned in an unincorporated region of Autauga County, near Prattville. Prattville is part of the Montgomery tv market.
Prattville is also served by the twice-weekly Prattville Progress newspaper. High Point Town Center is a large shopping center assembled in Prattville between 2007 and 2008.
Prattville also has a small airport about 3.5 miles from downtown.
Known for the signature hill that turns into a steep curve, positioned on present-day 6th Street, Happy Hollow was the center of African American life in Prattville in the 1950s.
Daniel Holcombe Thomas, chief judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama from 1966 to 1971 Gabriel Garcia Marquez mentions Prattville in his well-known work One Hundred Years of Solitude; Prattville is referred to as the initial city of Jack Brown, the founder of the banana company. A prominent ghost-story known as "The Lady in Black," inspired by deaths caused by poor working conditions in the close-by factories of downtown Prattville, is a prominent phenomenon described by most as a black, ghastly figure that goes athwart the close-by dam amid the evening hours of 1 A.M to 4 A.M, and has been featured on the ghost hunting show, Deep South Paranormal.
Autauga County Courthouse Media related to Prattville, Alabama at Wikimedia Commons United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Autauga County".
Autauga County Heritage Association.
"Tornadoes touch down athwart Southeast: 29 citizens injured in Alabama town; 200 homes, 100 businesses damaged".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013".
"Autauga County Schools".
"Autauga County Technology Center".
"1320 Old Ridge Road Prattville, Alabama 36066" "The Prattville Progress".
The Prattville Progress.
Municipalities and communities of Autauga County, Alabama, United States County seat: Prattville This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties Populated places established in 1839 - Cities in Alabama - Prattville, Alabama - Cities in Autauga County, Alabama - County seats in Alabama - Montgomery urbane region - 1839 establishments in the United States
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