Welcome to Prout ...So far, we found very little information about Prout. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Prout to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Prout, please Contact Us. Prout would have been located within present day Erie County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Prout, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. While the community is gone, the present day location for Prout is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Prout was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities near Prout ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Prout.
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 Prout. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prout. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Prout. 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 Prout. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Prout. See our Newspapers Page for Prout. Adding Prout to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Prout 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 Prout was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Prout. Footnotes ...
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