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Welcome to Prairie View ...

Prairie View is located in Boone County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Prairie View: Prairie Vw.

Prairie View is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Prairie View: 815 & 779<3>

Communities Also Named Prairie View ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Illinois communities named Prairie View: This one is located in Boone County and the other is located in Lake County.

Beyond Illinois, there are 8 communities that are also named Prairie View - they are located in Arkansas, Kansas (2), Michigan, New Mexico, Saskatchewan and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Prairie View.

Communities near Prairie View ...

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

  • Rockford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Beloit
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Beloit is located in Rock County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beloit
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,637 people
  • Belvidere
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Loves Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Machesney Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Roscoe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Roscoe is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roscoe <4>
  • Harvard
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • South Beloit
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Rockton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Marengo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prairie View ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Boone, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Prairie View - 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 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Prairie View area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Prairie View 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.