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Prairie City is located in the northeast corner of McDonough County at (40.620740, -90.463582 It is bordered to the north by Warren County. Illinois Route 41 passes through the village as East Main Street, leading northeast 8 miles (13 km) to St. Augustine and southwest 6 miles (10 km) to Bushnell.
Prairie City grew out of the former mining camp of Dixie, established in 1862 about 3 miles (5 km) up Dixie Creek from the John Day River. Prairie City, at the mouth of the creek, was chosen after placer mining rendered Dixie unsuitable for a townsite. The new city's post office was established in 1870 with Jules Le Bret as postmaster. [6]
Prairie City is a city in Jasper County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,700 at the time of the 2020 census. [2] It is twenty-two miles east of Des Moines.
Prairieville is a census-designated place in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States.It is south of Baton Rouge and north of Gonzales.. Prairieville is an expanding bedroom suburb of Baton Rouge.
On May 15, 1958, the Wisconsin Secretary of State filed the certificate of incorporation of the city of Sun Prairie. [14] On July 10, 2018, a gas explosion leveled a downtown city block, destroying a bar and a pizza restaurant, as well as damaging the historic old city hall building and multiple other nearby buildings.
The relocation was largely complete by 1955, and with so many settlers moving to Prairie City in such a short span of time, Prairie City briefly earned the title of "the fastest-growing town" in South Dakota. [3] [8] Prairie City's post office was established in 1955. [9] It was first recorded as a census-designated place in the 2010 census. [10]
The Prairie du Chien City Hall is the city of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin's historic former city hall. It was built in 1894 on the grounds of the city's former opera house, which burned down the previous year.
Prairie City may refer to some places in the United States: Prairie City, California, south of Folsom; Prairie City, Illinois; Prairie City, Indiana; Prairie City, Iowa;