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Welcome to Prussia ...

Prussia is located in Adair County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Prussia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Prussia is 1,350 feet [411 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Prussia: 641

Communities Also Named Prussia ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Prussia - it's located in Ohio.

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

Communities near Prussia ...

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

  • Greenfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Stuart
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Anita
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Adair
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Fontanelle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fontanelle is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontanelle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 612 people
  • Dexter
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Casey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Orient
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Menlo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Massena
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prussia ...

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

Adding Prussia to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Prussia 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 Prussia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Prussia post office opened in 1900. The Prussia post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Prussia.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Adair, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Prussia - 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/