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Welcome to Prosperine ...

Prosperine is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Prosperine is located in Laclede County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Prosperine, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Prosperine is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Prosperine: 417

Communities near Prosperine ...

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

  • Lebanon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Camdenton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Linn Creek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Macks Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Stoutland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Phillipsburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Evergreen
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Evergreen is located in Laclede County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
    • Evergreen has also been known as:
    • Evergreen village
  • Decaturville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Decaturville is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decaturville
  • Celt
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Celt is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celt
  • Sleeper
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Sleeper is located in Laclede County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeper

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prosperine ...

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

Adding Prosperine to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Prosperine post office opened in 1900. The Prosperine post office closed in 1952.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Prosperine.

Footnotes ...

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