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We would like to provide the residents of  Prosperity  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Prosperity Home page. The Prosperity Home page provides as much information as possible on Prosperity. Knowing Prosperity’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Prosperity’s Home page, you will also find Prosperity’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Prosperity has a population of 1257. 49.2% of Prosperity’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.8 are female. 42.2% of Prosperity is married and 73.9% own their own home. The Average Home price is $119,940, and the average rent is $679. Household median income in Prosperity is $47,639, and the individual median income is $22,250. Prosperity’s Ethnic is the following: White(57.5%), Black(42.3%), Hispanic(2.7%), Multiple(0.2%).


Before being named Prosperity, the area was called Frog Level due to its low-lying location and large numbers of frogs living in adjacent ponds. Captain Matthew Hall settled in the area in 1827, and established a store and post office in the early 1830s. The town expanded with the arrival of the railroad in the 1850s, and in later decades would profit from its location along two major rail lines.


After a fire destroyed part of the town in 1873, the town's residents voted to change the name of the town to "Prosperity" after the Prosperity Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.The Jacob Bedenbaugh House, Howard Junior High School, and Prosperity Cemetery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


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