Prairie Creek, Indiana

Infobox Settlement
official_name = PAGENAME
settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Vigo
subdivision_type3 = Township
subdivision_name3 = Prairie Creek
latd = 39
latm = 16
lats = 30
latNS = N
longd = 87
longm = 29
longs = 50
longEW = W
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_ft = 531
postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 47869
blank_name = GNIS feature ID
blank_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:447631 447631]

Prairie Creek (also Middletown) is an unincorporated community in southeastern Prairie Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States. It lies at the intersection of State Roads 63 and 246 southwest of the city of Terre Haute, the county seat of Vigo County. [DeLorme. "Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer". 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 42. ISBN 0-89933-319-2.] Its elevation is 531 feet (162 m), and it is located at coor dms|39|16|30|N|87|29|50|W|city (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. [ [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:447631 Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report] , Geographic Names Information System, 1982-10-01. Accessed 2008-06-01.] Although Prairie Creek is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47869. [ [http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=47869 Zip Code Lookup] ]

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