FORT PRAIRIE, TX
FORT PRAIRIE, TEXAS. Fort Prairie was five miles east of Austin near the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad in Travis County. It formed in the 1880s. A post office called John, for John Grove, the first postmaster, was established at Fort Prairie in 1895; it was discontinued in 1901. The community reported a population of 102 in 1904 and ten in 1910. In the early 1930s Fort Prairie reported having two businesses.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
John J. Germann and Myron Janzen, Texas Post Offices by County (1986).
Citation
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.
Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl, "FORT PRAIRIE, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvf33), accessed May 26, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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