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Welcome to Rock Prairie ...

So far, we found very little information about Rock Prairie. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Rock Prairie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Rock Prairie - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Rock Prairie, please Contact Us.


While we don't have the exact location of Rock Prairie , we believe that it would have been located within present day Dade County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rock Prairie, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1843.

A typical abbreviation for Rock Prairie: Rock Pr.

Time Zone: The area where Rock Prairie was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Rock Prairie was located: 417

Communities Also Named Rock Prairie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Rock Prairie: This one is located in Dade County and the other is located in Polk County.

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

Adding Rock Prairie to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Rock Prairie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Rock Prairie post office opened in 1843.

We also found Rock Prairie in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Rock Prairie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Dade, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/