Do you know of Prairie Depot ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Prairie Depot. 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 Prairie Depot.<1>

Our sources for Prairie Depot (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 Prairie Depot other than they indicate that Prairie Depot would be found somewhere in Wood County, Ohio.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1852 and closed  in 1927.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Prairie Depot ...

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

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Prairie Depot - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

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

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

More Orphans in  Wood 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 Wood County.