EMPIRE PRAIRIE (COUCHTOWN)

NAME: Empire Prairie (Couchtown) COUNTY: Gentry (or Andrew) ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Snow in winter, humid, hot summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Spring and autumn probably best

COMMENTS: It wasn't much in it's heyday. I only know about it because my grandfather was born there. It's more or less non-existent. Old-timers in Gentry and Andrew Counties may know exactly where to look. REMAINS: Just a few houses and a graveyard (where my great-grandmother who died in childbirth is buried).

Named after a person named Couch. When it became a P.O. in the 1870's was renamed Empire Prairie. Submitted by: Ella Poindexter

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