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Welcome to Lanes Prairie ...

Lanes Prairie is located in Maries County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lanes Prairie, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Lanes Prairie: Lanes Pr.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Lanes Prairie for more information about variations on the name of Lanes Prairie.

Lanes Prairie is 1,070 feet [326 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lanes Prairie: 573 & 235<3>

Communities near Lanes Prairie ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lanes 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 Lanes Prairie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lanes Prairie.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lanes Prairie ...

Looking for more information about Lanes 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 Lanes Prairie, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lanes Prairie.

Adding Lanes Prairie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lanes 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 Lanes Prairie was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Maries, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lanes Prairie - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Lanes Prairie area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Lanes Prairie area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.