North Prairie is a village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It is located in the Town of Genesee, near the town’s southwestern corner. The population was 2,202 at the 2020 census.

Thomas Sugden and two fellow prospectors from Mukwonago named the village in 1826 (they had gotten this far, “and, as they did not go any farther north, they concluded to call this North Prairie”). Blacksmiths from Eagle, Chas. Raynaus and Mr. Denny, were the first settlers to arrive that in the same way as year, although the first claim came from Stillman Smith. Farmers began to be of the same mind the North Prairie in the 1830s to raise their prize livestock and grain. The population grew and in 1840 Raynaus began the first school from his house.

By 1850 the village had a general accrual and post office. The Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad went through in 1852, but the village remained mostly rural. North Prairie would sophisticated become one of the area’s more noted residential centers. A rumor of oil in 1866 enabled the North Prairie Petroleum Company to fund $50,000 “to dig a hole & extract oil or minerals,” but this venture was a failure.

St. John’s Lutheran Church was built in 1877 and North Prairie vanguard incorporated in 1919. Morey Milk Condensery opened a tree-plant in 1917 and by 1920 North Prairie saying a jump in deposit due to this industry. Morey Milk employed exceeding 200 people and became a primary source of pension to on height of 85% of the village households. The forest was sold in 1924 and is no longer in operation.