Do you know of Prattville ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Prattville. 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 Prattville.

Our sources for Prattville (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Prattville other than they indicate that Prattville would be found somewhere in Madison County, Mississippi.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1882 and closed  in 1896.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Prattville ...

We found seven communities that share the name Prattville.

Within Mississippi, the name Prattville is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Autauga County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Prattville [Autauga County].
  • California
    • Plumas County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Prattville [Plumas County].
  • Massachusetts
    • Bristol County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Prattville [Bristol County].
  • Michigan
    • Hillsdale County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Prattville [Hillsdale County].
  • Oklahoma
    • Tulsa County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Prattville [Tulsa County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Bradford County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Prattville [Bradford County].
  • Texas
    • Delta County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Prattville [Delta County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Prattville ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

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

More Orphans in  Madison 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 Madison County.