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Prairie City, IA - History
We would like to provide the residents of Prairie City a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Prairie City Home page. The Prairie City Home page provides as much information as possible on Prairie City. Knowing Prairie City’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Prairie City’s Home page, you will also find Prairie City’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Prairie City has a population of 1827. 44.9% of Prairie City’s inhabitants are Male, and 55.1 are female. 62.2% of Prairie City is married and 68.4% own their own home. The Average Home price is $137,914, and the average rent is $832. Household median income in Prairie City is $73,533, and the individual median income is $42,701. Prairie City’s Ethnic is the following: White(98.9%), Hispanic(1.4%), Black(0.9%), Multiple(0.2%).
Prairie City was founded by James Elliott in 1856, for whom it was originally named; it was later changed because there was already a town named Elliott in the state. The first resident was William Means, who built a tavern 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Elliot's cabin. The railroad first came through Prairie City in 1866.
The first school in Prairie City was built on 1868(The Plainsmen) ; the city's district remained independent until a merger with that of Monroe in 1990, brought about by the destruction by fire of Monroe's high school. The new school district is called Prairie City-Monroe ("PCM") Community School district, home of the PCM Mustangs. Prairie City's Historical Society was established in 1995.
The Prairie City Historical Museum is located at 109 S. Main Street and open by appointment. Many artifacts from Prairie City's history are housed in the museum including the Dowden Potato Digger, which was originally manufactured in Prairie City. The city was the subject of Douglas Bauer's popular reminiscence of change in small town Iowa from the 1950s through the 1970s, Prairie City, Iowa: Three Seasons at Home.
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