Welcome to Grand Prairie ...So far, we found very little information about Grand Prairie. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Grand Prairie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Grand Prairie, please Contact Us. Grand Prairie would have been located within present day Plaquemines Parish<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Grand Prairie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854. A typical abbreviation for Grand Prairie: Grand Pr. While the community is gone, the present day location for Grand Prairie is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: The area where Grand Prairie was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Grand Prairie was located: 504 Communities Also Named Grand Prairie ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Louisiana communities named Grand Prairie: This one is located in Plaquemines Parish and the other is located in Saint Landry Parish. Beyond Louisiana, there are 4 communities that are also named Grand Prairie - they are located in Illinois, Kansas and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grand Prairie. Communities near Grand Prairie ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Grand Prairie.
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 Grand Prairie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grand Prairie. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grand 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 Grand Prairie. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Grand Prairie. See our Newspapers Page for Grand Prairie. Adding Grand Prairie to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Grand Prairie in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Grand Prairie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Grand Prairie. Footnotes ...
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