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Welcome to Prairiebell ...

Prairiebell is located in Jasper County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Prairiebell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Prairiebell is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Prairiebell lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Prairiebell ...

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

  • Des Moines
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Ankeny
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Altoona
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Newton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Bondurant
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Carlisle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mitchellville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Colfax
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Monroe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prairiebell ...

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

Adding Prairiebell to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Prairiebell in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Prairiebell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Prairiebell post office opened in 1899. The Prairiebell post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Prairiebell.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Jasper, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Prairiebell - 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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