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Welcome to Toms Prairie ...

Toms Prairie is located in Wayne County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Toms Prairie: Toms Pr.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Toms Prairie for more information about variations on the name of Toms Prairie.

Toms Prairie is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Toms Prairie (for example, toward Decker (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Toms Prairie: 618 & 730<3>

Communities near Toms Prairie ...

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

  • Fairfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Albion
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Grayville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Wayne City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Clay City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • West Salem
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • West Salem is located in Edwards County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Salem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
  • Crossville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Cisne
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jeffersonville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jeffersonville is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 350 people
  • Bellmont
    (18 miles [29 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 Toms Prairie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Toms Prairie.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Toms Prairie ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Toms Prairie - 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 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Toms Prairie area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Toms Prairie 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.