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Prescott
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city in Arkansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- County
- Nevada
- Total
- 6.46 sq mi (16.74 km )
- Land
- 6.42 sq mi (16.63 km )
- Water
- 0.046 sq mi (0.12 km )
- Elevation
- 325 ft (99 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 2,949
- Density
- 483.1/sq mi (186.52/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 05-57260
- Website
- www .prescottar .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Prescott is a city in and the county seat of Nevada County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Prescott had a population of 3,101. Prescott is part of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Located 100 miles southwest of Little Rock, Prescott was developed on the Prairie D'Âne, named by French colonists before the United States acquired this area. The prairie consisted of approximately 25–30 square miles of rolling open land, surrounded by forest. The area had been a well-known crossroads prior to construction of the Cairo & Fulton Railroad. To the west lies the city of Washington, to the east lies the city of Camden, while to the south lies the Red River, with Shreveport, Texarkana, and Dallas beyond.
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