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Summary for Mound Prairie

Although we found mention of Mound Prairie during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Over time, we expect to discover additional information that will be added to our Gazetteer..

About Mound Prairie (Click for our profile page)

Located in: Anderson County (see below)

Typical Abbreviation: Mound Pr.

Time Zone: Mound Prairie lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT)

Telephone Area Codes: 903 & 430<2>

Elevation: 420 feet [128.02 m] above sea level<3>

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<4>

For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for Mound Prairie:

Lat: 31.869900° (or 31°52'11" N)

Lon: -95.568300° (or -95°34'5" W)

USGS Topo Map: Northeast Palestine<5>

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Mound Prairie

GNIS ID: 1889561

FIPS State / Place Code: None

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Mound Prairie)

About Anderson County

The community of Palestine is the County Seat for {Anderson County}.

From the 2010 US Census (For more detail, see our Census Page for Anderson)

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:<6>	57,735 (1.3% decrease since 2010)
2010	58,493 (6.14% increase since 2000)
2000:	55,109

Total Area:<7> 1,078 sq. miles [2,792 km²] - of which 1.43% is water (15.4 sq. miles [39.9 km²])

Housing Units: <8> 20,116

Official Website: https://www.co.anderson.tx.us/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for Anderson

GNIS ID: 1383786

FIPS State / County Code: 48 / 001

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Mound Prairie)

About Texas

From the US Census

Population

Year	Population
2019 Est:	28,986,794 (15.28% increase since 2010)
2010:	25,145,561 (20.59% increase since 2000)
2000:	20,851,820

Websites for State of Texas

Official Website: https://www.texas.gov/

Tourism: https://www.traveltexas.com/

Parks: https://tpwd.texas.gov/

Fishing: https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/fishing/

Hunting: https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/hunting/

Federal GNIS/FIPS Codes for State of Texas

GNIS ID: 1779801

FIPS State: 48

(For more about Federal Codes, see our Misc Page for Mound Prairie)

Footnotes ...

<1>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Mound Prairie and then turned west". While Mound Prairie could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Mound Prairie as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Mound Prairie could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Texas community named Mound Prairie.
<2>	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 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Mound Prairie area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Mound Prairie area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mound Prairie - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Mound Prairie, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.
<5>	Name of the USGS 7.5 Minute topographic map which includes Mound Prairie.
<6>	Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The most recent Census estimate is for the year 2019.
<7>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Mound Prairie. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group.
<8>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway).