In Texas, prairie lives on only in name in many places. In my experience, most people living in tallgrass prairie ecoregions aren’t aware they live in such a region, don’t know it is an endangered ecosystem, and have never seen the beauty of tallgrass prairie.
One method of helping people realize they live in former prairies is to show them how many places are names after the prairies that existed there.
Texas cities, towns, and other names with prairie, meadow, or another prairie related word in the name:
- Grand Prairie
- Prairie View (Nogalus Prairie)
- Bailey’s Prairie
- Prairie Hill (Washington County)
- Meadows Place (formerly Meadows)
- Mustang Prairie
- Prairie Chapel
- Prairie Dell
Some more:
- Crabbs Prairie
- Pine Prairie
- Prairie Lea
- Roans Prairie
- Tarkington Prairie
- Prairie Valley
- Ward Prairie (Lakes Chapel)
- Prairie Grove
- Prairie Point
- Mound Prairie
- Chance’s Prairie
- Prairie Point
- Peters Prairie
- and more in the Handbook of Texas Online
Know of more in Texas and other states? Help us build the lists by posting the name and state in the comments!
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