Welcome to Prairie Bluff ...So far, we found very little information about Prairie Bluff. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Prairie Bluff to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Prairie Bluff, please Contact Us. Prairie Bluff would have been located within present day Wilcox County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Prairie Bluff, you might consider that their post office opened in 1821. A typical abbreviation for Prairie Bluff: Prairie Blf. (or less commonly used: Prairie Bluf.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Prairie Bluff is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Prairie Bluff was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The community of Prairie Bluff has also been called Dale. and Daletown. For more information about the names of Prairie Bluff, see The Names of Prairie Bluff on our Genealogy Page. Communities near Prairie Bluff ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Prairie Bluff.
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 Prairie Bluff. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prairie Bluff. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Prairie Bluff. 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 Prairie Bluff. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Prairie Bluff. See our Newspapers Page for Prairie Bluff. Adding Prairie Bluff to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Prairie Bluff 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 (so far) for Prairie Bluff was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Prairie Bluff. Footnotes ...
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