Prineville
| Prineville, Oregon | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Location in county and state | |
 |
|
| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1877 incorporated in 1880 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Oregon |
| County : | Crook County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 18 ′ N , 120 ° 51 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
| Residents : | 7,356 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 427.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 17.2 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 874.2 m |
| Postal code : | 97754 |
| Area code : | +1 541 |
| FIPS : | 41-59850 |
| GNIS ID : | 1154317 |
| Website : | www.cityofprineville.com |
| Mayor : | Mike Wendel |
 Lamonta Compound - Prineville Supervisor's Warehouse |
|
Prineville is a city and county seat of Crook County in the US state of Oregon . Your name refers to the first resident dealer, Barney Prine. The population was estimated at 10,370 in 2008.
history
Prineville was founded in 1877 when Monroe Hodges created the original land map for the city. The post office was initially named Prine in April 1871 and changed to Prineville the following year. In October 1880 the city was incorporated. The first high school opened in 1902.
When the railroad tycoons James J. Hill and Edward H. Harriman excluded Prineville from their route in 1911, it threatened to degenerate into a ghost town . In a vote in 1917, citizens of Prineville decided with 355 to 1 votes to build their own railway line and collected the money for the connection to the main line 31 km away.
Thanks to the timber harvest from the nearby Ochoco National Forest , the City of Prineville Railroad has flourished for decades. The profits from the railroad were so great that the city did not levy property taxes between 1964 and 1968. With the decline of Oregon's logging industry, the railroad made a loss of nearly $ 1 million between 2002 and 2004.
The National Park Service lists a total of five buildings for Prineville in the National Register of Historic Places (as of January 5, 2019), including the Lamonta Compound - Prineville Supervisor's Warehouse .
geography
Prineville is located on the Crooked River (Oregon) at the mouth of Ochoco Creek , 23 km northwest of the Prineville Reservoir .
Demographics
29.3% of the population was under the age of 18 at the 2000 census; 9.6% between 18 and 24; 27.0% between 25 and 44; 18.6% between 45 and 64 and 15.5% over the age of 65. The median was 33 years.
The median household income was $ 30,435 and income per capita was $ 14,163.
economy
The tire dealer chain Les Schwab Tire Centers has been connected to Prineville since it was founded in 1952. In December 2006 the company announced that it would move its headquarters to nearby Bend.
In 2010, Facebook chose Prineville as the location for a new data center .
Web links
- Entry Prineville in the Oregon Blue Book
- Prineville Chamber of Commerce
- City of Prineville Railroad
- Prineville Territory Magazine
Individual evidence
- ↑ Certified Population Estimates for Oregon's Cities and Towns (PDF; 649 kB) In: Population Research Center . Portland State University. March 2009. Retrieved July 29, 2009.
- ^ WH Leeds: Special Laws . In: State Printer (Ed.): The State of Oregon General and Special Laws and Joint Resolutions and Memorials Enacted and Adopted by the Twentieth Regular Session of the Legislative Assembly . , Salem, Oregon 1899, p. 896.
- ^ City of Prineville Railroad
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed January 5, 2019.
- ↑ Mike Rogoway: Facebook picks Prineville for its first data center , OregonLive.com. January 21, 2010.