Prescott, OR

Prescott is a city in Columbia County, Oregon, United States. The 2021 census counted 68 residents. Prescott was named in 1905 for the owner of the local sawmill. Although the nearby community of Rainier was better known as the home of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant, whose cooling tower was imploded in May 2006, the plant was in fact located less than a mile from Prescott. Prescott makes sense once you see how its past, landscape, and current gathering spots overlap. The useful thing to know about Prescott is that its older landmarks and current settings belong to one connected place. Prescott's origin is that of a mill town associated with a large sawmill that was located on the west end town in an area now called Prescott Beach.