Prairie Dell is an unincorporated community in Bell County, Texas, United States.

Prairie Dell had a country store on a trail from South Texas to Kansas that herded cattle in the late 1860s.

A post office was established at Prairie Dell in 1877, closed that next year, then reopened in 1893.

[2] Prairie Dell is located on interstate 35, 13 mi (21 km) south of Belton in south-central Bell County.

The climax to the movie The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 was filmed at the closed Matterhorn amusement park in Prairie Dell.