Welcome to Prairie Hall ...

Prairie Hall is located in Macon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Prairie Hall, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

Prairie Hall is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Prairie Hall lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Prairie Hall: 217 & 447<3>

Communities near Prairie Hall ...

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

Decatur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Decatur is located in Macon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,007 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <4>
Mount Zion
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Zion is located in Macon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,762 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Zion <4>
Sullivan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan is located in Moultrie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,400 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sullivan <4>
Forsyth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forsyth is located in Macon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,465 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forsyth <4>
Arthur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Arthur is located in Douglas County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arthur <4>
Moweaqua
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moweaqua is located in Shelby County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,684 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moweaqua <4>
Bement
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bement is located in Piatt County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,661 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bement <4>
Cerro Gordo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cerro Gordo is located in Piatt County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cerro Gordo <4>
Harristown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Harristown is located in Macon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,278 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harristown <4>
Long Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Long Creek is located in Macon County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,262 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prairie Hall ...

Looking for more information about Prairie Hall? 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 Hall, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Prairie Hall.

Adding Prairie Hall to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Prairie Hall 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 Hall was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Prairie Hall post office opened in 1869. The Prairie Hall post office closed in 1918.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Macon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Prairie Hall - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	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 217 code has been Overlayed with the 447 area code. New phone numbers in the Prairie Hall area will be assigned with one of these codes: 217 or 447. As a result, placing a call in the Prairie Hall area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>	A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/