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Welcome to Prairie Center ...

So far, we found very little information about Prairie Center. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Prairie Center to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Prairie Center, please Contact Us.

Prairie Center would have been located within present day Johnson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Prairie Center, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

A typical abbreviation for Prairie Center: Prairie Ctr. (or less commonly used: Prairie Cen., Prairie Cent. or Prairie Cntr.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Prairie Center is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Prairie Center was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Prairie Center was located: 913

Communities Also Named Prairie Center ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Prairie Center - they are located in Arkansas, Illinois, Nebraska, Texas, Washington and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Prairie Center ...

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

  • Overland Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Olathe
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Olathe is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olathe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 141,665 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olathe <4>
  • Lawrence
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Shawnee
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lenexa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Gardner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bonner Springs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Spring Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Hill is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,871 people
    • Spring Hill has also been known as:
    • Spring Hill Station
    • Springfield
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Hill <4>
  • Basehor
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Basehor is located in Leavenworth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basehor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,656 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Basehor <4>
  • De Soto
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

Adding Prairie Center to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Prairie Center 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 (so far) for Prairie Center was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Prairie Center post office opened in 1872. The Prairie Center post office closed in 1902.

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

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 Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Johnson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Prairie Center - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/