Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Prairie Plains came from various goverment sources (GNIS), we also found mention of Prairie Plains in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Prairie Plains. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Prairie Plains data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Prairie Plains:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Prairie Plains is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

The GNIS database contains an entry for Prairie Plains. See our Misc Page for Prairie Plains for more information.