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is a city in Autauga and Elmore Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 31,119. The city is the county seat of Autauga County, Alabama. It is nicknamed "The Fountain City" due to the many artesian wells in the area. The city was founded in 1839 by well-known industrialist and architect Daniel Pratt. Prattville is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area.
What is now Prattville was largely inhabited by Native Americans and a few settlers when Daniel Pratt, a native of Temple, New Hampshire, first observed the Autauga Creek in the 1830s.
Pratt purchased approximately 1,000 acres (4 km²) from Joseph May at $21.00 an acre, and set out to build his manufacturing facilities and the town along the banks of the Autauga creek. This location was chosen because the creek could supply power to the cotton gin manufacturing equipment.
In the past 10 years, its city limits have begun to expand eastward into neighboring Elmore County. While the original plan was to keep this portion of the city strictly commercial, due to the rapid increase in population, housing developments are currently being built on the Elmore County side.
This town is also the home of singer Wilson Pickett, as well as NFL stars Roman Harper, Kevin Turner, and Zac Woodfin. Marlon Anderson, a major league baseball player, is originally from here.
It has become a popular golf destination, offering one of the widely famed Robert Trent Jones Golf Courses. With year-round warmth, hot summers and short, mild winters this destination offers entertainment throughout the year.
It is located at 32°27'32.886" North, 86°27'4.698" West (32.459135, -86.451305).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 23.9 square miles (61.9 km²), of which, 23.2 square miles (60.0 km²) of it is land and 0.7 square miles (1.9 km²) of it (3.09%) is water.
For additional, or more current information, please contact the City of Prattville G.I.S. Coordinator at 334-361-3613.