Welcome to Prairie City ...
So far, we found very little information about Prairie City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Prairie City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Prairie City - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Prairie City, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Prairie City , we believe that it would have been located within present day Douglas County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Prairie City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856.
Time Zone: The area where Prairie City was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Prairie City once stood is in the (785) area code.
Communities Also Named Prairie City ...
While we believe that this Prairie City is located in Douglas County, we know of another 2 Kansas communities named Prairie City. Those communities are located in the following counties: Osage and Shawnee County.
Beyond Kansas, there are 11 communities that are also named Prairie City - they are located in California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri (3), Oregon and South Dakota.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Prairie City.
Adding Prairie City to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Prairie City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Prairie City post office opened in 1856.
We also found Prairie City in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Prairie City.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Douglas County: www.douglas-county.com/
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
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 City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Douglas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |