Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Prairie View came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Prairie View in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Prairie View. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Prairie View data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Prairie View:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

William Bradley Map (1889)
Published by William M. Bradley and Brothers

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

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Prairie View. See our Misc Page for Prairie View for more information.