Prairie City, Indiana

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Prairie City
Unincorporated community
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Prairie City
Location in Clay County
Coordinates: 39°26′44″N87°06′48″W / 39.44556°N 87.11333°W / 39.44556; -87.11333
Country United States
State Indiana
County Clay
Township Jackson
Elevation
587 ft (179 m)
GNIS feature ID441539 [1]

Prairie City is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Clay County, Indiana. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located on State Highway 42. It once included a one room school, a small grocery which was a part of a house on the corner, a garage which did repairs on cars and tractors, and a few houses. The cemetery was across from the school, and both were across Birch Creek. The school was constructed of red brick, common in Clay County. In the 1940s/50s and probably before then the church was an EUB... Evangelical United Brethern.

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History

Prairie City was founded in 1869. [2]

Geography

Prairie City is located at 39°26′44″N87°06′48″W / 39.44556°N 87.11333°W / 39.44556; -87.11333 .

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References

  1. ↑ "Prairie City, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved August 20, 2010.
  2. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  270. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. This village was laid out in 1869...


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