Welcome to Prairie View Heights ...
Prairie View Heights is located in Dane County<1>.
A typical abbreviation for Prairie View Heights: Prairie Vw. Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
Prairie View Heights is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Prairie View Heights lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Prairie View Heights: 608 & 353<3>
Communities near Prairie View Heights ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Prairie View Heights.
- Madison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Madison is located in Dane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
- Fitchburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fitchburg is located in Dane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
- Middleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Middleton is located in Dane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
- Waunakee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Waunakee is located in Dane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
- DeForest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- DeForest is located in Dane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
- McFarland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- McFarland is located in Dane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,291 people
- Monona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Monona is located in Dane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,164 people
- Windsor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Windsor is located in Dane County
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- Cottage Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 people
- Lake Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mills is located in Jefferson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,014 people
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 View Heights. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prairie View Heights.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Prairie View Heights. 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 View Heights.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Prairie View Heights. See our Newspapers Page for Prairie View Heights.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Dane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Prairie View Heights - 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 608 code has been Overlayed with the 353 area code. New phone numbers in the Prairie View Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the Prairie View Heights area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |