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Welcome to Prairie Center ...

Prairie Center is located in Island County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Prairie Center: Prairie Ctr. (or less commonly used: Prairie Cen., Prairie Cent. or Prairie Cntr.)

Prairie Center is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Prairie Center lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Prairie Center: 360 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Prairie Center ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Prairie Center - they are located in Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Prairie Center.

Communities near Prairie Center ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Prairie Center.

  • Oak Harbor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Port Townsend
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Stanwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Langley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • La Conner
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Camano
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Greenbank
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Marrowstone
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Nordland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Utsalady
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utsalady
    • Utsalady is located in Snohomish County

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 Prairie Center. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prairie Center.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Prairie Center. 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 Prairie Center.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Prairie Center. See our Newspapers Page for Prairie Center.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prairie Center ...

Looking for more information about Prairie Center? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Prairie Center, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Prairie Center.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Island, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Prairie Center - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Prairie Center area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Prairie Center area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.