Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Long Prairie came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Long Prairie in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Long Prairie. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Long Prairie data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Long Prairie:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Long Prairie was listed as Long Prairie Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Rand McNally Map of Minnesota (1932)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Minnesota (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Long Prairie is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Long Prairie in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Long Prairie for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Long Prairie. See our Misc Page for Long Prairie for more information.