Do you know of Prairie Switch ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Prairie Switch. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Prairie Switch.

We found mention of Prairie Switch as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Allen County, Indiana.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Prairie Switch ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Prairie Switch:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Prairie Switch - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Prairie Switch.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 18/61740   (Place Name: Prairie Switch)

County: Allen     (FIPS State/County: 18/003)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Prairie Switch) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Allen County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Allen County.