Prineville, Oregon Prineville, Oregon Location in Oregon State Oregon Prineville is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Crook County, Oregon, United States. It was titled for the first merchant positioned in the present location, Barney Prine.
Prineville was established in 1877 when Monroe Hodges filed the initial plat for the city.
The town/city was incorporated by the Oregon Legislative Assembly on October 23, 1880, and obtained its first high school in 1902.
Long the primary town in central Oregon, Prineville was snubbed in 1911 when the barns tycoons James J.
In a reconstructionwhen the existence of a barns meant the difference between prosperity and the eventual fate as a ghost town, in a 1917 election, Prineville inhabitants voted 355 to 1 to build their own stockyards , and raised the cash to connect their town to the chief line 19 miles (31 km) away.
Helped by timber harvests from the close-by Ochoco National Forest, the City of Prineville Railroad prospered for decades.
However, with the diminish of the timber trade in Oregon, the barns reported a loss of nearly $1 million between 2002 04 .
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.92 square miles (28.28 km2), all of it land. Prineville is positioned on the Crooked River at the mouth of Ochoco Creek, 14 miles (23 km) northwest of the Prineville Reservoir.
Climate data for Prineville Average rain days 8 7 7 6 7 5 3 2 4 5 8 8 70 As of the census of 2010, there were 9,253 citizens , 3,692 homeholds, and 2,407 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 847.3 inhabitants per square mile (327.1/km2).
There were 4,181 housing units at an average density of 382.9 per square mile (147.8/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 90.4% White, 0.2% African American, 1.5% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 4.9% from other competitions, and 2.2% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,692 homeholds of which 32.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 46.8% were married couples living together, 13.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 34.8% were non-families.
29.3% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.98.
The median age in the town/city was 38.2 years.
25.5% of inhabitants 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.
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,356 citizens , 2,817 homeholds, and 1,907 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 1,105.9 citizens per square mile (427.1/km ).
There were 3,022 housing units at an average density of 454.3 per square mile (175.5/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 91.80% White, 0.01% African American, 1.50% Native American, 0.73% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 4.50% from other competitions, and 1.44% from two or more competitions.
Of the 2,817 homeholds, 35.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 51.4% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 32.3% were non-families.
27.1% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.09.
In the city, the populace 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 income for a homehold in the town/city was $30,435, and the median income for a family was $36,587.
About 10.0% of families and 14.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 16.6% of those under age 18 and 13.1% of those age 65 or over.
Les Schwab Tire Centers, a chain of tire stores based in Prineville, has been associated with the town/city since the company's beginning in 1952.
As of 2005, the Les Schwab Tire Center chain operates more than 390 stores in California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington, does more than $1.5 billion in revenue each year, and, as stated to the AP, is the number two private tire retailer in the United States.
Prineville got its first Starbucks in 2006, and a plan was floated to reopen the city's long-shuttered movie theater.
In 2010, Prineville was chose as the locale for a new data center for Facebook. This center has been met with notable criticism from surroundingal groups such as Greenpeace because the power utility business contracted for the center, Pacifi - Corp, generates 70 percent of its electricity from coal. On February 21, 2012, Apple announced that it would open a "Green Data Center" on a 160-acre (65 ha) tract of territory owned by the company. United States Enumeration Bureau.
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