The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusPrairie View is a city in Waller County, Texas, United States, situated on the northwestern edge of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. The population was 8,184 at the 2020 census. Prairie View A&M University, the second-oldest public university in Texas, is based in the city.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 5,576 to 8,184 (+47%). Half of its homes were built before 1987.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Prairie View yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Prairie View’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Prairie View’s history is told.
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Prairie View, decade by decade
2000
6 historic places in Prairie View
6 places in Prairie View are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1999Annie Laurie Evans Hall
Listed 1999Banks, W.R., Library
Listed 1999L.C. Anderson Hall
Listed 1999Veterninary HospitalListed 1999Hilliard HallListed 1999Woolfolk, G.R., Social and Political Science BuildingThen & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.