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Welcome to Maine Prairie ...

Maine Prairie is located in Solano County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Maine Prairie, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1861.

A typical abbreviation for Maine Prairie: Maine Pr.

Maine Prairie is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Maine Prairie lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Maine Prairie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Maine Prairie - it's located in Minnesota.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Maine Prairie.

Communities near Maine Prairie ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Maine Prairie.

  • Fairfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Vacaville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Davis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Suisun City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suisun City
    • Suisun City is located in Solano County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,305 people
    • Suisun City has also been known as:
    • Suisun
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Suisun City <3>
  • Dixon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Dixon is located in Solano County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,440 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <3>
  • Rio Vista
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Winters
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Isleton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Oxford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oxford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Oxford is located in Solano County
  • Batavia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Batavia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
    • Batavia is located in Solano County

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 Maine Prairie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Maine Prairie.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Maine 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 Maine Prairie.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Maine Prairie. See our Newspapers Page for Maine Prairie.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Maine Prairie ...

Looking for more information about Maine 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 Maine Prairie, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Maine Prairie.

Adding Maine Prairie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Maine 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 Maine Prairie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Maine Prairie post office opened in 1861.

We also found Maine Prairie in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Maine Prairie.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Maine Prairie. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Solano County: www.co.solano.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Solano, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Maine Prairie - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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