Hams Prairie, Missouri

Hams Prairie (originally Ham's Prairie) is an unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri in the United States. The town is located 5.5 miles south-southeast of Fulton, Missouri, whose post office handles its mail as part of zip code 65251.

Map of Hams Prairie, St Aubert Township, MO 65059, USA

Hams Prairie is named for Rev. John Ham, a Methodist minister who arrived in Callaway County in 1815 and cut his name on a tree at the edge of the prairie one year later. A post office called Hams Prairie was established in 1865, and remained in operation until 1907.