Prairie View is a city in Waller County, Texas, United States, situated on the northwestern edge of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.2 square miles (18.7 km2), all land.

The city is bisected by US 290 and is neighbored by Hempstead to the west, Waller to the east, and Pine Island to the south.

The City of Prairie View was established in 1969 with the motto: "Productive, United, Indomitable."

The United States Postal Service Prairie View Post Office is located at 21212 Farm to Market Road 1098 Loop.

The university was established in 1876 as a historically black college under the Morill Land-Grant Acts, making it the first public institution of higher learning in Texas to educate African-Americans.

Prairie View A&M grants both graduate and undergraduate degrees in more than 50 majors and is classified as a Doctoral/Research University by the Carnegie Foundation.

[13] The City of Prairie View is served by the Waller Independent School District.