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 West Decatur in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of West Decatur. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to West Decatur listed first.
- Simpson
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Simpson is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Decatur
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Decatur is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,381 people
- Former names for Decatur:
- Albany
- New Decatur
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <2>
- Decatur Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Decatur Junction is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur Junction
- Harris Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Mooresville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Priceville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greenbrier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenbrier is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Neel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Neel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neel
- Hillsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hartselle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Swancott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Blackburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Blackburn is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Ripley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Athens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oakville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oakville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Somerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Triana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Leesdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Leesdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesdale
- Poplar Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Creek is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Mountain Home
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Jesseton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jesseton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesseton
- Massey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Massey is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey
- Cedar Plains
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Plains is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Plains
- Falkville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Stringer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stringer is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringer
- Talucah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Talucah is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talucah
- O'Neal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- O'Neal is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal
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 West Decatur, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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