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Welcome to Prairie City ...The village of Prairie City is located in McDonough County<1>. The location of Prairie City has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Prairie City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Prairie City has a population of 350 people<3> (see below for details). Prairie City is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Prairie City lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Prairie City: (309) The ZIP code for Prairie City: 61470<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Prairie City had an population of 350 people. This is a decrease of 7.65% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 24.08% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Prairie City had a population of 379 people. This makes Prairie City the county's 7th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 379 people, the population of Prairie City decreased 17.79% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 461 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Prairie City. Communities Also Named Prairie City ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Prairie City - they are located in California, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Missouri (3), Oregon and South Dakota. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Prairie City. Communities near Prairie City ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Prairie City.
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 City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prairie City. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Prairie City. 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 City. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Prairie City. See our Newspapers Page for Prairie City. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prairie City ...Looking for more information about Prairie City? 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 City, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Prairie City. Adding Prairie City to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Prairie City 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 for Prairie City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Prairie City in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Prairie City. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prairie City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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