Miscellaneous References and Mentions

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

Note: When we started collecting data about Burnt Prairie, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Burnt Prairie:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

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

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

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