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History · Prairie Green Township

63% of Prairie Green Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
63%homes built before 1940
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Where Prairie Green Township’s name came from

How did Prairie Green Township get its name?

Prairie Green Township was originally named Prairie Township, and was formed from Stockland Township, originally known as Crab Apple Township, in March 1857.

More on the name

The name was changed to Prairie Green Township in March 1858.

Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places that used to be

Old corners and places now gone

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
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Gone or out of use
Christian ChurchchurchCollege Center SchoolschoolLamont SchoolschoolMaple Grove SchoolschoolPleasant Hill SchoolschoolVictor SchoolschoolWillow Spring Schoolschool

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Stockland TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLovejoy TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGrant Township2 historic placesA−

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.