Prattville

American  

[prat-vil] / ˈpræt vɪl /

noun

1. a town in central Alabama.

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Example Sentences

Prattville’s namesake, Daniel Pratt, became Alabama’s first major industrialist against this backdrop, moving South from New Hampshire and starting a business to produce gins several years later.

From Seattle Times

Across a bridge from the buildings where workers are now installing walls and plumbing, the Prattaugan Museum — named for a combination of “Prattville” and the county name, Autauga — contains lots of information about Pratt, the buildings and gin manufacturing.

From Seattle Times

Stoddart, a Prattville native whose grandmother once worked at the factory, said the focus so far has been on saving the structure, which closed for good in 2012 after the last owner outsourced the work to India.

From Seattle Times

Some people in Prattville have complained about its name — The Mill at Prattville — saying it was a factory, not a mill.

From Seattle Times

Slavery was always part of the operation, according to “Daniel Pratt of Prattville: A Northern Industrialist and a Southern Town,” a definitive history written by Curt John Evans.

From Seattle Times