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Prairie Center

Ghost town · Johnson County, Kansas

Edgerton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:24,000)
Edgerton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Prairie Center is a ghost town in Johnson County, Kansas. It is the only former community in Johnson County recorded on the federal names register, out of 127 across Kansas.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Prairie Center as a historical populated place on the Edgerton 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 38.8622° N, 95.0197° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleEdgerton
Elevation969 ft
Nearest living townGardner, KS
Distance to it6 miles
GNIS feature ID484953
Coordinates38.86223, -95.01969

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What's there now

Prairie Center is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Gardner, KS (population 24,020), about 6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 969 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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