Nearby Communities in the 1890s
We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.
If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>
While we didn't find Grayson Valley in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Grayson Valley. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Grayson Valley listed first.
- Chalkville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Chalkville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkville
- Trussville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodward
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodward is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
- Huffman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huffman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Clay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Weems
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Weems is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weems
- Rock Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rock Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
- McCombs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
- East Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Lake is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
- Ruffner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ruffner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruffner
- Ayres
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- Cunningham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cunningham is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- New Castle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Castle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
- Gate City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gate City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gate City
- Irondale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Leeds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Argo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Argo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,278 people
- Bartonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bartonville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartonville
- Woodlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Moody
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moody is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <2>
- Lewisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lewisburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Vanderbilt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vanderbilt is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderbilt
- East Birmingham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Birmingham is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Birmingham
- Dunnavant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Brompton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Grayson Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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