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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>. We aren't confident of the location of Mills Prairie, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Mills Prairie, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we 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.<4>. 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). If Mills Prairie still existed, it would have been in the (618) area code. 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 for Mills Prairie was on a map titled Rand McNally Map (1881). We also found Mills Prairie in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Mills Prairie. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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