Big Prairie is an

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in northwestern Ripley Township, Holmes County,

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. It has a

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with the ZIP code 44611, and it lies less than one mile east of Odell Lake.

History

The first settlement at Big Prairie was made in the 1810s; the community was named for a big prairie near the original town site. During the early 1900s Big Prairie was the home of the "Monitor Self Heating Sad Iron Co". The company was located at 459 Wayne Street, in Big Prairie, Ohio, and their advertisement promised to "Make Ironing Easy and a Pleasure".Popular Mechanics Magazine - May 1914 - Page 134 Advertisement Section

References

Unincorporated communities in Ohio Unincorporated communities in Holmes County, Ohio {{HolmesCountyOH-geo-stub