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Prescott is a city with an area of 96.6 km² (37.3 mi²) and a population of 33,938 people Search and find companies, telephone numbers, addresses, email addresses in the Business Directory Prescott Prescott is a city located in Yavapai County, Arizona. The city is the county seat of Yavapai County, and was the original capital of the Arizona Territory from 1863 until the Territorial Capital was moved to Tucson in 1867. Prescott again became the Territorial Capital in 1877, until the capital was changed to Phoenix, Arizona in 1889. Although usually pronounced PRES-kot by outsiders, locals pronounce it as PRES-kit. The towns of Prescott Valley (7 miles south) and Chino Valley (16 miles north), and Prescott, together make up the area known locally as tri-city . The Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe reservation is located next to, and partially within, the borders of Prescott. These four governement entities sometimes work together on projects of mutual interest. This is not always true, evidenced by the conflict over Prescott buying the water rights of Chino Valley s rich Verde River watershed.