Prairie City, Missouri

Prairie City is an unincorporated community in Bates County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

History

Prairie City was laid out in 1858.^[1] The community was named from its scenic setting upon a prairie.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Prairie City, Missouri
↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 285.

Municipalities and communities of Bates County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Butler

Cities	Adrian Amoret Amsterdam Butler Drexel‡ Hume Rich Hill Rockville

Villages	Foster Merwin Passaic

Townships	Charlotte Deepwater Deer Creek East Boone Elkhart Grand River Homer Howard Hudson Lone Oak Mingo Mound Mount Pleasant New Home Osage Pleasant Gap Prairie Rockville Shawnee Spruce Summit Walnut West Boone West Point

Unincorporated communities	Ballard Pleasant Gap Prairie City

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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