Burnt Prairie, Illinois

City: Burnt Prairie

County: White

State: Illinois

Lat/Long: 38.2500, -88.2500

Formerly known as Liberty, Burnt Prairie was named after sections of prairie in its central and northern portions that were burned. The town is located roughly ten miles southeast of Fairfield, Illinois. The U.S. Post Office Department established a post office in the town in August 1828.

Edward Callary, Place Names of Illinois (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2009), 51-52; History of White County Illinois (Chicago: Inter-State, 1883), 622.