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Welcome to Mills Prairie ...

So far, we found very little information about Mills Prairie. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Mills Prairie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mills Prairie, please Contact Us.

Mills Prairie would have been located within present day Edwards County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mills Prairie, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1881.

A typical abbreviation for Mills Prairie: Mills Pr.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Mills Prairie for more information about variations on the name of Mills Prairie.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mills Prairie is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Mills Prairie was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Mills Prairie (for example, toward Decker (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

The Area Codes where Mills Prairie was located: 618 & 730<4>

Communities near Mills Prairie ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Mills Prairie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mills Prairie 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 Mills Prairie was on a map titled Rand McNally Map (1881).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mills Prairie.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mills Prairie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Edwards, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mills Prairie - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Mills Prairie area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Mills Prairie area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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