Do you know of White Rock Prairie ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about White Rock Prairie. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with White Rock Prairie.<1>

Our sources for White Rock Prairie (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of White Rock Prairie other than they indicate that White Rock Prairie would be found somewhere in McDonald County, Missouri.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1854 and closed  in 1876.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for White Rock Prairie ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about White Rock Prairie:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Map from 1861 (unknown title/publisher)

William Bradley Map (1866)
Published by William M. Bradley and Brothers

William Bradley Map (1890)
Published by William M. Bradley and Brothers

More Orphans in  McDonald County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in McDonald County.