Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Prairietown came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Prairietown in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Prairietown. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Prairietown data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Prairietown:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Prairietown. See our Misc Page for Prairietown for more information.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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The official website for Madison County: www.co.madison.il.us/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov