Incorporated 1909
2000 population: 382
http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/31741/Page+097+++Buckley++South+Prairie++Cascade+Jct++Burnett++Wilkeson++Spiketon/Pierce+County+1960/Washington/
history timeline
http://www.google.com/search?q=south+prairie,+wa+history&hl=en&gl=us&prmd=m&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=SfZETKLgMomgsQP23by9Dg&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=18&ved=0CGgQ5wIwEQ