Welcome to Prairie Center ...Prairie Center is located in La Salle County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Prairie Center, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. A typical abbreviation for Prairie Center: Prairie Ctr. (or less commonly used: Prairie Cen., Prairie Cent. or Prairie Cntr.) Prairie Center is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Prairie Center lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Prairie Center: 815 & 779<3> Communities Also Named Prairie Center ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Prairie Center - they are located in Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, Washington and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Prairie Center. Communities near Prairie Center ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Prairie Center.
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 Prairie Center. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prairie Center. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Prairie Center. 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 Prairie Center. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Prairie Center. See our Newspapers Page for Prairie Center. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prairie Center ...Looking for more information about Prairie Center? 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 Prairie Center, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Prairie Center. Adding Prairie Center to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Prairie Center in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Prairie Center was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Prairie Center. Footnotes ...
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