Welcome to West Prairie ...
West Prairie is located in the Bootheel of Missouri.
West Prairie is located in Dunklin County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of West Prairie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1839.
A typical abbreviation for West Prairie: W. Prairie
Time Zone: West Prairie lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
West Prairie is within the (573) area code.
Communities Also Named West Prairie ...
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Prairie.
Adding West Prairie to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of West 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 for West Prairie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
From that list, the West Prairie post office opened in 1839.
We also found West Prairie in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for West Prairie.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Prairie. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Dunklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |