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 Bessie in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Bessie. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Bessie listed first.
- Egypt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lindsey
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lindsey is located in Lawrence County
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- Minturn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Minturn is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Alicia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Alicia is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Sedgwick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cash
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cash is located in Craighead County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Clover Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clover Bend is located in Lawrence County
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- Strangers Home
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Strangers Home is located in Lawrence County
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- Hoxie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bono
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Walnut Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Swifton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swifton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swifton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Portia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Powhatan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lorado
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lorado is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorado
- Murta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Murta is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murta
- Obear ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Obear is located in Craighead County
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- Black Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kenyon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kenyon is located in Jackson County
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- Lynn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Jonesboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tuckerman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Walcott
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Walcott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Noland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Noland is located in Randolph County
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- Grubbs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Grubbs is located in Jackson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ridge is located in Craighead County
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- Nettleton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Nettleton is located in Craighead County
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- O'Kean
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- O'Kean is located in Randolph County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Strawberry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Strawberry is located in Lawrence County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
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 Bessie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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