Two Mile Prairie Explained
| Two Mile Prairie |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Missouri |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Missouri |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Columbia |
| 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: | 879 |
| Coordinates: | 39.0181°N -92.1669°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 759385[1] |
Two Mile Prairie is an area in northern Columbia Township, Boone County, Missouri, United States, northeast of Columbia. Its elevation is 879 feet (268 m). It shares a name with Two Mile Prairie Elementary School in Columbia. The community is part of the Columbia Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was named for its location on a two-mile wide prairie.[2] It was described as "opulent" in 1908.[3]
Further reading
- "Area farmers face price squeeze: Grain elevators are filling up quickly." Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO) (Oct 11, 2007): NA. General OneFile. Gale. TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARIES (CELPLO). 23 Feb. 2008 . Gale Document Number:CJ169738534 "Brothers Frank and John Glenn yesterday took advantage of good weather to reap the annual soybean harvest on their family farm in the Two Mile Prairie area northeast of Columbia."
- "Planners settle on Ashland site for sewage plant." Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO) (August 15, 2007): NA. General OneFile. Gale. TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARIES (CELPLO). 23 Feb. 2008 . Gale Document Number:CJ167634040 "...the Two Mile Prairie task force believes the best location for the new [wastewater treatment] plant is the current Ashland Wastewater Treatment Plant.'
External links
Notes and References
- 759385. Two Mile Prairie, Missouri. 2008-01-24.
- Web site: Boone County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived). The State Historical Society of Missouri. 4 September 2016. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071013/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_boone.html. 24 June 2016.
- Web site: Through Two-Mile Prairie . The Evening Missourian . 26 January 2021 . Columbia, Missouri.
