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Welcome to Prairie ...

Prairie is located in Skagit County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Prairie, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

Prairie is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Prairie: 360 & 564<3>

Communities Also Named Prairie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Prairie - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma.

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

Communities near Prairie ...

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

  • Bellingham
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Vernon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Anacortes
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Sedro - Woolley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Burlington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • La Conner
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Lyman
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamilton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Alger
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alger have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alger
    • Alger is located in Skagit County
  • Saxon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saxon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxon
    • Saxon is located in Whatcom 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. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prairie.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prairie ...

Looking for more information about 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.

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

Adding Prairie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of 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 for Prairie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Prairie post office opened in 1884.

We also found Prairie in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Prairie.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prairie. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Skagit County: www.skagitcounty.net/

The official website for State of Washington: https://wa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Skagit, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Prairie - 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 area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Prairie 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.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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