Welcome to New Prairie ...So far, we found very little information about New Prairie. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added New Prairie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New Prairie, please Contact Us. New Prairie would have been located within present day Pope County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of New Prairie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872. Time Zone: The area where New Prairie was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where New Prairie was located: 320 Communities near New Prairie ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New 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 New Prairie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Prairie. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New 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 New Prairie. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Prairie. See our Newspapers Page for New Prairie. Adding New Prairie to Our Gazetteer ...As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future. The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned New 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 New Prairie. Footnotes ...
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