Welcome to Big Foot Prairie ...

Big Foot Prairie is located in Walworth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Big Foot Prairie, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1849.

A typical abbreviation for Big Foot Prairie: Big Foot Pr.

Time Zone: Big Foot Prairie lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Big Foot Prairie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Big Foot Prairie - it's located in Illinois.

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

Communities near Big Foot Prairie ...

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

• McHenry
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McHenry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
  • McHenry is located in McHenry County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,100 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McHenry <3>
• Woodstock
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
  • Woodstock is located in McHenry County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,097 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodstock <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Woodstock
  • From Big Foot Prairie to Woodstock
• Elkhorn
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
  • Elkhorn is located in Walworth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,020 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Elkhorn
  • From Big Foot Prairie to Elkhorn
• Harvard
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harvard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
  • Harvard is located in McHenry County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,979 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harvard <3>
• Delavan
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delavan
  • Delavan is located in Walworth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,240 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Delavan
  • From Big Foot Prairie to Delavan
• Lake Geneva
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Geneva
  • Lake Geneva is located in Walworth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,096 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lake Geneva
  • From Big Foot Prairie to Lake Geneva
• Marengo
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
  • Marengo is located in McHenry County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,377 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marengo <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Marengo
  • From Big Foot Prairie to Marengo
• Johnsburg
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
  • Johnsburg is located in McHenry County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,310 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnsburg <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Johnsburg
  • From Big Foot Prairie to Johnsburg
• Twin Lakes
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
  • Twin Lakes is located in Kenosha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,234 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Twin Lakes
  • From Big Foot Prairie to Twin Lakes
• Spring Grove
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
  • Spring Grove is located in McHenry County (IL)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,679 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Grove <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Spring Grove
  • From Big Foot Prairie to Spring Grove

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Big Foot Prairie ...

Looking for more information about Big Foot 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 Big Foot Prairie, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Big Foot Prairie.

Adding Big Foot Prairie to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Big Foot Prairie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Big Foot Prairie post office opened in 1849.

We also found Big Foot Prairie in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Big Foot Prairie.