Prattville Wedding

Prattville is a city located in Autauga County, Alabama and partially in Elmore County, Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 24,303. 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.

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 1830's.

Pratt purchased approximately 1000 acres 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 Gin's manufacturing equiptment.

In the past 10 years, Prattville's city limits have began to expand eastward into neighboring Elmore County. While the original plan was to keep this portion of the city stricty commercial, due to the rapid increase in population, housing developments are currently being built on the Elmore County side.