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Welcome to Fancy Prairie ...Fancy Prairie is located in Menard County<1>. The location of Fancy Prairie has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Fancy Prairie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875. A typical abbreviation for Fancy Prairie: Fancy Pr. Fancy Prairie is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Fancy Prairie lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Fancy Prairie: (217) Communities near Fancy Prairie ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fancy Prairie.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Fancy Prairie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fancy Prairie. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fancy Prairie. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fancy Prairie. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fancy Prairie. See our Newspapers Page for Fancy Prairie. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fancy Prairie ...Looking for more information about Fancy Prairie? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Fancy Prairie, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fancy Prairie. Adding Fancy Prairie to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Fancy Prairie in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fancy Prairie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Fancy Prairie on a map titled Rand McNally Map (1881). For more details, see References and Mentions for Fancy Prairie. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fancy Prairie. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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