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Welcome to High Prairie ...

High Prairie is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

High Prairie is located in Webster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of High Prairie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

A typical abbreviation for High Prairie: High Pr.

High Prairie is 1,450 feet [442 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for High Prairie: 417

Communities Also Named High Prairie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named High Prairie - they are located in Alberta, Illinois, Kansas (2) and Texas.

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

Communities near High Prairie ...

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

  • Marshfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Strafford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Seymour
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Mansfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fordland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Conway
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Hartville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Niangua
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Niangua is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niangua
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
  • Diggins
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Diggins is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diggins
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
  • Phillipsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around High Prairie. See our Newspapers Page for High Prairie.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for High Prairie ...

Looking for more information about High 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to High Prairie, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for High Prairie.

Adding High Prairie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of High 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 High Prairie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the High Prairie post office opened in 1872. The High Prairie post office closed in 1891.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Webster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around High Prairie - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/