Prairie Hill, Limestone County, Texas Explained

Prairie Hill, Texas
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Texas#USA
Pushpin Label:Prairie Hill
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Texas##Location in the United States
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Texas
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Limestone
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2000
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:594
Coordinates:31.6553°N -96.7889°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Postal Code:76678
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1365731

Prairie Hill is an unincorporated community in western Limestone County, Texas, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 84, northwest of the city of Groesbeck, the county seat of Limestone County.[1] Its elevation is 594 feet (181 m). Although Prairie Hill is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 76678.[2]

Named for a small nearby hill, Prairie Hill's first settler was shopkeeper Marquis Perry, who became the first postmaster when the community received a post office in 1884. Although the post office was closed in 1906, it was reopened in 1925. The community continued to grow well into the twentieth century, reaching its peak during the Great Depression. It has declined since the early 1940s, although the community has remained rather stable for the last thirty years.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 100.
  2. http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=76678 Zip Code Lookup
  3. https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlp49 Prairie Hill, Texas (Limestone County)