Prairie Creek, Indiana

Prairie Creek, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Vigo County's location in Indiana
Vigo County's location in Indiana
Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County, Indiana
Prairie Creek
Prairie Creek
Prairie Creek's location in Vigo County, Indiana
Coordinates: 39°16′30″N 87°29′50″W / 39.27500°N 87.49722°W / 39.27500; -87.49722
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyVigo
TownshipPrairie Creek
Elevation
[1]
528 ft (161 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
47869
Area code(s)812, 930
GNIS feature ID447631

Prairie Creek (also Middletown) is an unincorporated community in southeastern Prairie Creek Township, Vigo County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[2] Its elevation is 528 feet (161 m), and it is located at 39°16′30″N 87°29′50″W / 39.27500°N 87.49722°W / 39.27500; -87.49722 (39.2750390, -87.4972443). Because the community has had multiple names, the Board on Geographic Names officially decided in favor of "Prairie Creek" in 1959.[3] Although Prairie Creek is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47869.[4]

The community is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "Prairie Creek, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  3. ^ Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report, Geographic Names Information System, 1982-10-01. Accessed 2008-06-01.
  4. ^ Zip Code Lookup