Welcome to Roans Prairie ...Roans Prairie is located Roans Prairie is located in Grimes County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Roans Prairie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869. A typical abbreviation for Roans Prairie: Roans Pr. See our Genealogy Helper Page for Roans Prairie for more information about variations on the name of Roans Prairie. Roans Prairie is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Roans Prairie lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Roans Prairie: 936 The ZIP code for Roans Prairie: 77875<3> We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Roans Prairie. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Roans Prairie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Roans Prairie. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Roans 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 Roans Prairie. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Roans Prairie. See our Newspapers Page for Roans Prairie. Looking for more information about Roans 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Roans Prairie, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Roans Prairie. We originally found mention of Roans 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 (so far) for Roans Prairie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Roans Prairie.
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