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Welcome to Cranberry Prairie ...

Cranberry Prairie is located in Mercer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cranberry Prairie, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

A typical abbreviation for Cranberry Prairie: Cranberry Pr.

Cranberry Prairie is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cranberry Prairie lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Cranberry Prairie: 419 & 567<3>

Communities near Cranberry Prairie ...

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

  • Celina
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Saint Marys
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Coldwater
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Union City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • New Bremen
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Bremen have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bremen
    • New Bremen is located in Auglaize County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,949 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Bremen <4>
  • Minster
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Saint Henry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Versailles
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bradford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Union City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
    • Union City is located in Darke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 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 Cranberry Prairie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cranberry Prairie.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cranberry Prairie ...

Looking for more information about Cranberry Prairie? 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 Cranberry Prairie, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cranberry Prairie.

Adding Cranberry Prairie to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cranberry Prairie post office opened in 1851.

We also found Cranberry Prairie in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Mercer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cranberry Prairie - 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 419 code has been Overlayed with the 567 area code. New phone numbers in the Cranberry Prairie area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Cranberry Prairie 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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