Prairieville

(site within Mercer Colony land grant) Established by colonizer Johan Reinert Reiersen (1810-64). The 1845 founder of Brownboro (Normandy) in present Henderson County, who settled here in 1847. Elise Tvede Waerenskjold, Reiersen's aide on his magazine "Norway and Texas", spurred migration by continuing to write for Norwegian journals. In 1848 colonists organized a church, Erick Bache in 1853 built a hotel which served as post office and station on two stage lines. By 1857 Prairieville had about 80 Norwegians living as neighbors to Anglo-Americans, Danes, Frenchmen, Germans, Swedes, and other early settlers.

Prairieville is a historical marker in Prairieville, Kaufman County, dedicated in 1971. It is one of 90 historical markers documented in Kaufman County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 178 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.4800, -96.1027 near Prairieville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Broughton, Edward Thomas (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Prairieville Cemetery, Rierson, and Brewer Family.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5257008544. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.