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'{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2012}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Prineville, Oregon | settlement_type = [[City]] | nickname = The Key City of the High Desert, The Heart of Oregon, The Land of Nothing | motto = | image_skyline = PrinevilleOregonPano1.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_map = Crook_County_Oregon_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Prineville_Highlighted.svg | mapsize = 250px | map_caption = Location in [[Oregon]] | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Oregon]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Oregon|County]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Crook County, Oregon|Crook]] | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Jason Beebe | established_title = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]] | established_date = 1880 | area_magnitude = | area_total_sq_mi = 12.83 | area_footnotes = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='41'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 33.23 | area_land_sq_mi = 12.83 | area_land_km2 = 33.23 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 | area_water_km2 = 0.00 | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_urban_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | population_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/> | population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]] | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | population_note = | population_total = 10736 | population_metro = | population_urban = | population_density_km2 = 323.07 | population_density_sq_mi = 836.79 | timezone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|Pacific]] | utc_offset = &minus;8 | timezone_DST = Pacific | utc_offset_DST = &minus;7 | coordinates = {{coord|44|18|14|N|120|50|46|W|type:city_region:US-OR|display=it}} | elevation_m = 874.2 | elevation_ft = 2868 | website = [http://www.cityofprineville.com www.cityofprineville.com] | postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] | postal_code = 97754 | area_code = [[Area code 541|541]] | blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] | blank_info = 41-59850<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | blank1_info = 1154317<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204035720/http://geonames.usgs.gov/|archive-date=February 4, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> | footnotes = | pop_est_footnotes = | unit_pref = Imperial }} '''Prineville''' is a city in and the [[county seat|seat]] of [[Crook County, Oregon]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|archive-date=May 31, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> It was named for the first merchant to establish businesses in the present location, [[Barney Prine]]. The population was 10,429 at the [[United States Census 2010|2020 census]].<ref name="prcjuly11">{{cite web |title=Prineville, OR {{!}} Data USA |url=https://datausa.io/profile/geo/prineville-or/ |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |publisher=}}</ref> == History == Prineville was founded in 1877 when Monroe Hodges filed the original [[plat]] for the city. The post office for the community had been established with the name of Prine on April 13, 1871, but changed to Prineville on December 23, 1872. The city was incorporated by the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly]] on October 23, 1880,<ref>{{cite journal|last=Leeds|first=W. H.|year=1899|title=Special Laws|journal=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|publisher=State Printer|location=Salem, Oregon|page=896|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gsCwAAAAIAAJ&q=%22ocean%20grove%22%20seaside%20oregon&pg=PA896}}</ref> and obtained its first high school in 1902. Long the major town in central Oregon, Prineville was snubbed in 1911 when the railroad [[tycoon]]s [[James J. Hill]] and [[Edward H. Harriman]] bypassed the city as they laid track south from [[The Dalles, Oregon|The Dalles]]. In a period when the presence of a railroad meant the difference between prosperity and an eventual fate as a [[ghost town]], in a 1917 election, Prineville residents voted 355 to 1 to build their own railway, and raised the money to connect their town to the main line {{convert|19|mi|km}} away. Helped by timber harvests from the nearby [[Ochoco National Forest]], the [[City of Prineville Railroad]] prospered for decades. The profits from the railroad were so abundant that between 1964 and 1968, the city levied no property taxes. However, with the decline of the timber industry in Oregon, the railroad reported a loss of nearly $1&nbsp;million between 2002 and 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|title=City of Prineville Railroad|url=http://www.trainweb.org/highdesertrails/cop.html|access-date=2021-04-07|website=trainweb.org}}</ref> Since the late 2000s, Apple and Facebook have each invested over $1&nbsp;billion in multiple data centers located within Prineville city limits. ==Geography and climate== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|10.92|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of it land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-12-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=January 12, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Prineville is located on the [[Crooked River (Oregon)|Crooked River]] at the mouth of [[Ochoco Creek]], {{convert|14|mi|km}} northwest of the [[Prineville Reservoir]]. During the [[Miocene]] and [[Oligocene]], great basaltic flows swept through the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oregongeology.org/pubs/og/OGv69n01-CrookedRivercaldera.pdf |title=Field trip guide to the Oligocene Crooked River caldera: Central Oregon's Supervolcano, Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson Counties, Oregon, Oregon Geology Volume 69, Number 1, Fall 2009 |publisher=OregonGeology.org |access-date=November 3, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401124537/http://www.oregongeology.org/pubs/og/OGv69n01-CrookedRivercaldera.pdf |archive-date=April 1, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Barnes Butte]] is a prominent butte of this activity, located partially within the city. Prineville has a [[semiarid climate#Cold semi-arid climates|cool semi-arid climate]] (''BSk'') according to the [[Köppen climate classification]] system. {{Weather box | width = auto | collapsed = yes | single line = yes | location = Prineville, Oregon (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1897–present) | Jan record high F = 76 | Feb record high F = 75 | Mar record high F = 83 | Apr record high F = 92 | May record high F = 99 | Jun record high F = 109 | Jul record high F = 106 | Aug record high F = 106 | Sep record high F = 107 | Oct record high F = 93 | Nov record high F = 82 | Dec record high F = 76 | year record high F = | Jan high F = 43.2 | Feb high F = 47.6 | Mar high F = 54.7 | Apr high F = 60.2 | May high F = 68.9 | Jun high F = 76.4 | Jul high F = 86.9 | Aug high F = 86.4 | Sep high F = 79.0 | Oct high F = 65.1 | Nov high F = 51.3 | Dec high F = 41.9 | year high F = 63.5 | Jan mean F = 34.1 | Feb mean F = 37.0 | Mar mean F = 41.9 | Apr mean F = 46.7 | May mean F = 54.5 | Jun mean F = 60.5 | Jul mean F = 68.0 | Aug mean F = 67.1 | Sep mean F = 60.5 | Oct mean F = 49.7 | Nov mean F = 40.0 | Dec mean F = 32.9 | year mean F = 49.4 | Jan low F = 25.1 | Feb low F = 26.4 | Mar low F = 29.2 | Apr low F = 33.1 | May low F = 40.0 | Jun low F = 44.5 | Jul low F = 49.1 | Aug low F = 47.8 | Sep low F = 41.9 | Oct low F = 34.3 | Nov low F = 28.6 | Dec low F = 23.9 | year low F = 35.3 | Jan record low F = -35 | Feb record low F = -24 | Mar record low F = -14 | Apr record low F = 7 | May record low F = 13 | Jun record low F = 20 | Jul record low F = 26 | Aug record low F = 23 | Sep record low F = 12 | Oct record low F = 4 | Nov record low F = -15 | Dec record low F = -32 | year record low F = | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation inch = 1.06 | Feb precipitation inch = 0.80 | Mar precipitation inch = 0.91 | Apr precipitation inch = 0.76 | May precipitation inch = 1.38 | Jun precipitation inch = 0.85 | Jul precipitation inch = 0.40 | Aug precipitation inch = 0.36 | Sep precipitation inch = 0.31 | Oct precipitation inch = 0.95 | Nov precipitation inch = 1.22 | Dec precipitation inch = 1.33 | year precipitation inch = 10.33 | unit precipitation days = 0.01 in | Jan precipitation days = 8.1 | Feb precipitation days = 7.0 | Mar precipitation days = 8.1 | Apr precipitation days = 7.8 | May precipitation days = 7.2 | Jun precipitation days = 5.3 | Jul precipitation days = 2.1 | Aug precipitation days = 2.4 | Sep precipitation days = 2.8 | Oct precipitation days = 6.4 | Nov precipitation days = 8.4 | Dec precipitation days = 7.8 | year precipitation days = 73.4 | Jan snow inch = 1.8 | Feb snow inch = 3.2 | Mar snow inch = 0.9 | Apr snow inch = 0.3 | May snow inch = 0.0 | Jun snow inch = 0.0 | Jul snow inch = 0.0 | Aug snow inch = 0.0 | Sep snow inch = 0.0 | Oct snow inch = 0.0 | Nov snow inch = 1.1 | Dec snow inch = 1.5 | year snow inch = 8.8 | unit snow days = 0.1 in | Jan snow days = 1.6 | Feb snow days = 2.3 | Mar snow days = 1.1 | Apr snow days = 0.3 | May snow days = 0.0 | Jun snow days = 0.0 | Jul snow days = 0.0 | Aug snow days = 0.0 | Sep snow days = 0.0 | Oct snow days = 0.0 | Nov snow days = 0.9 | Dec snow days = 1.1 | year snow days = 7.3 | source = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="NOWData">{{cite web |url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=pdt |title = NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = December 11, 2023}}</ref><ref name="NCEI">{{cite web |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00356883&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL |title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020 |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = December 11, 2023}}</ref> }} ==Demographics== {{US Census population |1890= 460 |1900= 656 |1910= 1042 |1920= 1144 |1930= 1027 |1940= 2358 |1950= 3233 |1960= 3263 |1970= 4101 |1980= 5276 |1990= 5355 |2000= 7563 |2010= 9253 |2020= 10736 |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, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:41&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref> }} ===2010 census=== As of the [[census]]<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-12-21|df=mdy-all}}</ref> of 2010, there were 9,253 people, 3,692 households, and 2,407 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|847.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 4,181 housing units at an average density of {{convert|382.9|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 90.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 4.9% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.2% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 10.1% of the population. There were 3,692 households, of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.8% were non-families. 29.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.98. The median age in the city was 38.2 years. 25.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.9% were from 25 to 44; 24.6% were from 45 to 64; and 17.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.1% male and 51.9% female. ===2000 census=== As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 7,356 people, 2,817 households, and 1,907 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,105.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,022 housing units at an average density of {{convert|454.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 91.80% White, 0.01% African American, 1.50% Native American, 0.73% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 4.50% from other races, and 1.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.42% of the population. Of the 2,817 households, 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.4% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.3% were non-families. 27.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.09. In the city, the population was spread out, with 29.3% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 18.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.0 males. The median income for a household in the city was $30,435, and the median income for a family was $36,587. Males had a median income of $31,224 versus $22,852 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,163. About 10.0% of families and 14.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.6% of those under age 18 and 13.1% of those age 65 or over. ==Economy== [[Les Schwab Tire Centers]], a chain of tire stores based in Prineville, has been associated with the city since the company's founding in 1952. As of 2022, the Les Schwab Tire Center chain operates more than 500 stores in [[California]], [[Idaho]], [[Montana]], [[Nevada]], [[Oregon]], [[Utah]], and [[Washington (state)|Washington]], does more than $1.5&nbsp;billion in annual sales, and according to the AP, is the number two private tire retailer in the United States. The company announced on December 12, 2006, that it would be moving the corporate headquarters to nearby [[Bend, Oregon|Bend]], where a growing number of its executives live, including Dick Borgman who became CEO on the same day. In 2006, journalist Mike Rogoway noted: [[File:Crook County Courthouse? (34031297732).jpg|thumb|[[Crook County Courthouse]]]] <blockquote>A decade ago, Schwab could have devastated Prineville by pulling out. Now, though, the city that suffered through the downturn in the wood products industry is enjoying an economic renaissance. Federal jobs with the [[Bureau of Land Management]] and Forest Service help anchor the economy [Judge Scott Cooper, Crook County administrator, was quoted], while a housing boom and a growing tourism industry have diversified the area. In December 2006, unemployment was 4.4 percent, the lowest since the 1960s.<ref>Mike Rogoway, "Tire giant rolls hub out of town", ''[[The Oregonian]]'' December 13, 2006, p. B1+</ref></blockquote> In 2010, Prineville was selected as the location for a new data center for [[Facebook]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/01/facebook_picks_prineville_for.html|title=Facebook picks Prineville for its first data center|last=Rogoway|first=Mike|date=January 21, 2010|publisher=OregonLive.com|access-date=January 21, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123042818/http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/01/facebook_picks_prineville_for.html|archive-date=January 23, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref> This center has been met with criticism from environmental groups such as [[Greenpeace]] because the power utility company contracted for the center, [[PacifiCorp]], generates 70&nbsp;percent of its electricity from coal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/youre-so-coal-trying-to-shame-facebook/|title=You're 'So Coal': Angling to Shame Facebook|work=The New York Times|first=Leslie|last=Kaufman|date=September 17, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929092143/http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/youre-so-coal-trying-to-shame-facebook/|archive-date=September 29, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2369306,00.asp|title=Greenpeace Attacks Facebook on Coal-Powered Data Center|work=PC Magazine|first=Chloe|last=Albanesius|date=September 17, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903210733/https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2369306,00.asp|archive-date=September 3, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Since 2010, Facebook has funded multiple projects in Prineville, including water mains and new devices at local schools{cn}. On February 21, 2012, Apple announced that it would open a "Green Data Center" on a {{convert|160|acre|ha|adj=on}} tract of land owned by the company.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/21/apple_confirms_plans_for_green_data_center_in_oregon.html|title=Apple confirms plans for 'green' data center in Oregon|date=February 22, 2012|publisher=AppleInsider.com|access-date=January 22, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223133932/http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/02/21/apple_confirms_plans_for_green_data_center_in_oregon.html|archive-date=February 23, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Apple confirms plans for Oregon data center|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2012/02/apple-confirms-plans-for-oregon-data.html|access-date=February 28, 2012|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|date=February 22, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224225428/http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2012/02/apple-confirms-plans-for-oregon-data.html|archive-date=February 24, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Since the late 2000s, Apple and Facebook have each invested over $1&nbsp;billion in multiple data centers located within Prineville city limits. ==Media== Prineville Territory Magazine is a seasonal magazine covering the life and history of the ''Territory''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prinevilleterritory.com|title=Home|website=Iverson Media Group|access-date=April 26, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406234350/http://prinevilleterritory.com/|archive-date=April 6, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The ''[[Central Oregonian]]'' is a twice-weekly newspaper published in Prineville. Located at 558 N Main St, Prineville. There are three commercial radio stations licensed to Prineville: [[KRCO (AM)|KRCO]] at 690&nbsp;kHz (rebroadcast on 96.9 FM), [[KRCO-FM]] at 95.7&nbsp;MHz (rebroadcast in 93.7 FM) and [[KNLX]] at 104.9&nbsp;MHz. ==Transportation== *[[Prineville Airport]] *[[U.S. Route 26]] *[[Oregon Route 126]] *The city of Prineville has a municipally owned railway, the [[City of Prineville Railway]], which was established in 1918. == Education == Source:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Schools {{!}} Crook County School District|url=https://www.crookcountyschools.org/schools/|access-date=2022-02-08|language=en-US}}</ref> === Elementary school === * Barnes Butte Elementary * [[Crooked River Elementary]] * Cascade Virtual Academy === Middle school === * [[Crook County Middle School]] === High school === * [[Crook County High School]] * Pioneer Secondary Alternative High School === Higher education === * [[Central Oregon Community College|COCC Prineville]] ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== *[https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/l-r/prineville.aspx Entry for Prineville] in the ''[[Oregon Blue Book]]'' *[http://www.visitprineville.com Prineville Chamber of Commerce] {{commons category|position=left}} {{Crook County, Oregon}} {{Oregon}} {{Oregon county seats}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Prineville, Oregon| ]] [[Category:Cities in Oregon]] [[Category:Cities in Crook County, Oregon]] [[Category:County seats in Oregon]] [[Category:Micropolitan areas of Oregon]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1877]] [[Category:1877 establishments in Oregon]]'