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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 Codes for Prairie Point: 662 & 471<3>

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)
    • Macon is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,384 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macon <4>
  • 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)
    • Carrollton is located in Pickens County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
  • Crawford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pickensville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Pickensville is located in Pickens County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickensville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 572 people
  • Shuqualak
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
  • Geiger
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Geiger is located in Sumter County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
  • Memphis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Memphis is located in Pickens County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
  • McMullen
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • McMullen is located in Pickens County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullen
    • 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 (so far) for Prairie Point was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Prairie Point post office opened in 1838. The Prairie Point post office closed in 1993.

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>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 662 code has been Overlayed with the 471 area code. New phone numbers in the Prairie Point area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Prairie Point area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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