Welcome to Prairie Creek ...

Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County<1>.

The location of Prairie Creek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Prairie Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1822.

A typical abbreviation for Prairie Creek: Prairie Crk. (or less commonly used: Prairie Ck. or Prairie Cr.)

Prairie Creek is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Prairie Creek lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Prairie Creek (for example, toward Martinsville (IL)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Prairie Creek lies within the (812) area code.

The ZIP code for Prairie Creek: 47869<4>

Communities Also Named Prairie Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Prairie Creek - they are located in Arkansas (2), Illinois (2), Michigan, Oregon and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Prairie Creek ...

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

• Terre Haute
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terre Haute
  • Terre Haute is located in Vigo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,410 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Terre Haute <5>
• Sullivan
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
  • Sullivan is located in Sullivan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,089 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sullivan <5>
• Marshall
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Marshall is located in Clark County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,774 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <5>
• West Terre Haute
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Terre Haute
  • West Terre Haute is located in Vigo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,198 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Terre Haute <5>
• Jasonville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasonville
  • Jasonville is located in Greene County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,141 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jasonville <5>
• Palestine
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
  • Palestine is located in Crawford County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palestine <5>
• Shelburn
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelburn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelburn
  • Shelburn is located in Sullivan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,222 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelburn <5>
• Farmersburg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersburg
  • Farmersburg is located in Sullivan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farmersburg <5>
• Seelyville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seelyville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
  • Seelyville is located in Vigo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,004 people
• Dugger
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugger
  • Dugger is located in Sullivan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dugger <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prairie Creek ...

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

Adding Prairie Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Prairie Creek 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 for Prairie Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Prairie Creek post office opened in 1822.

We also found Prairie Creek in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prairie Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Vigo County: www.vigocounty.org/

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov