Nearby Communities in the 1890s
We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.
If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>
While we didn't find Prairie in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Prairie. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Prairie listed first.
- Red Bud
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ruma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ruma is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Evansville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Baldwin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ames
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ames is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
- Preston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Preston is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Houston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Houston is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Modoc
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Hecker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Prairie du Rocher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie du Rocher is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Rocher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Prairie du Rocher has also been known as:
- Prairie du Rocher village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie du Rocher <2>
- Lenzburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Athens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Athens is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
- Renault
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ellis Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Marissa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burksville Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burksville Station is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville Station
- New Palestine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Sparta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Burksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Burksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burksville
- Sainte Genevieve
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Paderborn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Paderborn is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paderborn
- Blair
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blair is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Tilden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lementon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lementon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lementon
- Floraville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Floraville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floraville
- Wartburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wartburg is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Prairie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |