Census Data for Prairie
As far as we can tell, Prairie has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Prairie, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Mount Vernon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Maunie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Uniontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Uniontown is located in Union County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- New Harmony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Carmi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Phillipstown is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipstown
- Morganfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Crossville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Old Shawneetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Shawneetown is located in Gallatin County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shawneetown
- Omaha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ridgway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
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- Shawneetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Waverly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Posey County ...
Prairie is located in Posey County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Posey County.
Miscellaneous Information for Prairie ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Posey County or the community of Prairie:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Prairie:
- GNIS ID for Prairie: 441532
- GNIS ID for Posey County: 450383
- GNIS ID for State of Indiana: 448508
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 18 (Indiana)
- County Code: 129 (Posey County)
- Place Code: 61605 (Prairie)
- State & County Code: 18/129 (Indiana / Posey County)
- State & Place Code: 18/61605 (Indiana / Prairie)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Prairie is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Prairie.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Posey, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |