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Welcome to Prairie Hill ...

Prairie Hill is located in Chariton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Prairie Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

Prairie Hill is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Prairie Hill: 660

Communities Also Named Prairie Hill ...

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

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

Communities near Prairie Hill ...

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

  • Moberly
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Marceline
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Salisbury
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Huntsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bevier
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Higbee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Keytesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bucklin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Bucklin is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
  • Callao
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Armstrong
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Armstrong is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 276 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 Prairie Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prairie Hill.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prairie Hill ...

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

Adding Prairie Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Prairie Hill post office opened in 1869. The Prairie Hill post office closed in 1966.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Chariton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Prairie Hill - 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/