Prairie, Mississippi

Monroe County

Population:  in 1900

                    in 1910

                   in 1920

Town incorporated:  9-8-1908

Post office: Prairie Station- 1-23-1860 to 8-22-1895

                   Prairie- 8-23-1895 to present

Railroads: M&O- GM&O- ICG- Midsouth- KCS

 

                  

Next Town North- Gibson

 

M&O Milepost 245.74

(from Mobile, Ala.)

 

Next Town South- Muldon

 

soil survey map

 

1964 USGS topo map

HISTORY by Tony Howe: 

INDUSTRY -

M&O depot at Prairie in 1916.

 

Section houses at Prairie in 1916.
 

 

  

 

  

 
BUSINESSES (per R.G. Dun & Co.)- 

 

  

 

  

 
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