Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Prairie City came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Prairie City 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 City. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Prairie City 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 City:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Sixth Biennial Report of the State Mine Inspectors, Two Years Ending June 30, 1893
Published as a Legislative Document: The Twenty-Fifth General Assembly of the State of Iowa - Vol. 4

Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

We found Prairie City in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Prairie City for more information.

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