Prairie Hill, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Prairie Hill, Missouri
Settlement Type:Census-Designated Place
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Chariton
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.19
Area Land Km2:1.19
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:0.46
Area Land Sq Mi:0.46
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:50
Population Density Km2:42.12
Population Density Sq Mi:109.17
Elevation Ft:725
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:29-59708
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2806390

Prairie Hill is an unincorporated community in eastern Chariton County, Missouri, United States. The community is located at the intersection of Missouri routes W and HH approximately seven miles north-northeast of Salisbury. The Thomas Hill Reservoir dam is 7miles to the northeast in adjacent Randolph County.[2]

A post office called Prairie Hill was established in 1869, and remained in operation until 1966.[3] The community was named for its elevated location upon a prairie.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 5, 2022.
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 30,
  3. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 17 September 2016.
  4. Web site: Chariton County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived). The State Historical Society of Missouri. 17 September 2016. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070734/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_chariton.html. 24 June 2016.