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Welcome to Prairie Mount ...

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

We've added Prairie Mount to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Prairie Mount, please Contact Us.

Prairie Mount would have been located within present day Chickasaw County<2>.


The location of Prairie Mount has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Prairie Mount, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1844.

A typical abbreviation for Prairie Mount: Prairie Mt. (or less commonly used: Prairie Mnt.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Prairie Mount is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Prairie Mount still existed, it would have been in the (662) area code.

Communities near Prairie Mount ...

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

  • Tupelo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Amory
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Pontotoc
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Houston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Verona
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
    • Verona is located in Lee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,209 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Verona <5>
  • Okolona
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Nettleton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nettleton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
    • Nettleton is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,896 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nettleton <5>
  • Shannon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Plantersville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plantersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
    • Plantersville is located in Lee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,125 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plantersville <5>
  • Algoma
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

Adding Prairie Mount to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Prairie Mount 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 Prairie Mount was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Prairie Mount post office opened in 1844.

We also found Prairie Mount in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

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 Prairie Mount, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Chickasaw, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Prairie Mount - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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