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Welcome to Long Prairie ...

The city of Long Prairie is located in Todd County<1> and is the County Seat for Todd County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Long Prairie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Long Prairie has a population of 3,307 people<2> (see below for details).

Long Prairie is 1,280 feet [390 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Long Prairie lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Long Prairie: 320

The ZIP code for Long Prairie: 56347<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Long Prairie had an population of 3,307 people. This is a decrease of 4.37% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 8.78% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Long Prairie had a population of 3,458 people (or 13.89% of the total population of Todd County). This makes Long Prairie the county's most populous community.

The population of Long Prairie represents 0.07% of the population of Minnesota (which has 5,303,925 people), making it the state's 191st most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 3,458 people, the population of Long Prairie increased 13.75% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 3,040 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Long Prairie.

Communities Also Named Long Prairie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Long Prairie - it's located in Illinois.

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

Websites for Long Prairie ...

Official Website: www.longprairie.net/

Communities near Long Prairie ...

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

  • Sauk Centre
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Osakis
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Browerville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Browerville is located in Todd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browerville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
  • Clarissa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Randall
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Eagle Bend
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Upsala
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Swanville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Grey Eagle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Flensburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Flensburg is located in Morrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flensburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Long Prairie. Our list includes 4 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Long Prairie.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Long Prairie ...

Looking for more information about Long Prairie? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Long Prairie, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Long Prairie.

Adding Long Prairie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Long Prairie 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 Long Prairie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Long Prairie post office opened in 1850.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Todd, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Long Prairie.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Long Prairie - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as Long Prairie). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Long Prairie or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/