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Prairie Home

Ghost town · Winn County, Louisiana

Winnfield quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500)
Winnfield quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Prairie Home is a ghost town in Winn County, Louisiana. It is one of 15 former communities in Winn County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 54 Louisiana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Prairie Home as a historical populated place on the Atlanta topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 31.8116° N, 92.6335° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleAtlanta
Elevation211 ft
Nearest living townAtlanta, LA
Distance to it6.2 miles
GNIS feature ID549173
Coordinates31.81156, -92.63348

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What's there now

Prairie Home is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Atlanta, LA (population 179), about 6.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 211 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Prairie Home?

Prairie Home is in Winn County, Louisiana, at 31.8116, -92.6335.

How many ghost towns are in Winn County?

Winn County, Louisiana has 15 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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