Welcome to Prairie Point ...
Prairie Point is located in Noxubee County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Prairie Point, you might consider that their post office opened in 1838.
A typical abbreviation for Prairie Point: Prairie Pt.
Prairie Point is 190 feet [58 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Prairie Point lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Prairie Point: 662
Communities Also Named Prairie Point ...
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Prairie Point.
Communities near Prairie Point ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Prairie Point.
- Macon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Aliceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Brooksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carrollton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carrollton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Carrollton is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
- Crawford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crawford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Crawford is located in Lowndes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 655 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crawford <3>
- Pickensville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickensville
- Pickensville is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 572 people
- Shuqualak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shuqualak. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
- Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Geiger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger
- Geiger is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Memphis
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Memphis have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Memphis is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- McMullen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McMullen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullen
- McMullen is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
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 Point. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prairie Point.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Prairie Point. 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 Point.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Prairie Point. See our Newspapers Page for Prairie Point.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prairie Point ...
Looking for more information about Prairie Point? 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 Prairie Point, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Prairie Point.
Adding Prairie Point to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Prairie Point 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 for Prairie Point was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Prairie Point post office opened in 1838.
We also found Prairie Point in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Prairie Point.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Noxubee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Prairie Point - 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> | 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. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |