Do you know of Prairieville ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Prairieville. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Prairieville.<1>

Our sources for Prairieville (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Prairieville other than they indicate that Prairieville would be found somewhere in Decatur County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1857 and closed  in 1876.

Communities Also Named Prairieville ...

We found eight communities that share the name Prairieville.

Within Iowa, the name Prairieville is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Hale County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Prairieville [Hale County].
  • Illinois
    • Lee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Prairieville [Lee County].
  • Louisiana
    • Ascension Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Prairieville [Ascension Parish].
  • Michigan
    • Barry County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Prairieville [Barry County].
  • Minnesota
    • Rice County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Prairieville [Rice County].
  • Missouri
    • Pike County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Prairieville [Pike County].
  • Ohio
    • Erie County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Prairieville [Erie County].
  • Texas
    • Kaufman County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Prairieville [Kaufman County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Prairieville ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Prairieville:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

Iowa State Gazetteers
Written by: Hair, James T.
Published by Bailey & Hair
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Decatur County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Decatur County.