Prattville, Oklahoma
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| Coordinates: 36°6′15″N 96°7′5″W / 36.10417°N 96.11806°WCoordinates: 36°6′15″N 96°7′5″W / 36.10417°N 96.11806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Tulsa |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
Prattville is a community in Sand Springs, Oklahoma on SH-97. Prattville is located 10 miles west of Tulsa, and can be found on the south banks of the Arkansas River.
In 1945 approximately 4 houses and two small grocery stores were located north of 41st Street and east of Highway 97 in what was known as Garden Heights, now referred to as "old Prattville." Several years later another grocery store and housing addition were built on the west side of Highway 97, forming the nucleus of then-called "Prattville." In October 1962 the Prattville community, consisting of 752 acres owned at one time by Harry Pratt, was annexed by Sand Springs. With the opening of 41st Street, the building of Keystone Dam and the migrating of Tulsa residents into the area, Prattville experienced phenomenal growth. Several industries once operated on the river near the Highway 97 bridge in an area called Lotsee. Other communities/towns in and around Prattville include: Prettywater, Keystone, Berryhill and Limestone. High school students residing in Prattville attend Charles Page High School in Sand Springs; however, Prattville does have Clyde Boyd Junior High School and several elementary schools. Most businesses in Prattville are retail stores along State Highway 97.
Prattville is within the City of Sand Springs; residents are Sand Springs citizens.
Prattville Fire Station : Sand Springs' second fire station was built around 1970 to protect the southern Sand Springs area commonly referred to as "Prattville".
The Tulsa City-County Library System opened the $12,000 Prattville branch on March 23, 1963. Located at 3905 Walnut Creek Drive, it was a 590 ft² trailer-mobile home structure on a concrete foundation housing 7500 library materials in space intended for 5000. For 13 years, during the 21 hours per week that the library was open for service, the residents of Prattville checked out an average of from 3500–5000 items per month and attended storytimes and other events in very cramped space, unless the weather permitted having the programs outside. Librarian Joan McPherson frequently bemoaned having so many children at the after-school storytimes that "she didn't know what to do!" Her problem of limited space for any kind of indoor event intensified when the storytime area was eliminated to make room for more shelves for materials. The only major crisis, however, was a fire discovered by a customer returning books after-hours on Saturday, June 15, 1974. In addition to general smoke damage, the fire caused $1200 worth of damage to the door, floor, light fixtures. Staff and volunteers had to vacuum each individual book to make the collection once again customer-ready.
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