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 Burns in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Burns. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Burns listed first.
- Sacaton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sweetwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sweetwater is located in Pinal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Casa Grande
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maricopa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Heaton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Heaton is located in Pinal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
- Toltec
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Toltec is located in Pinal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
- Toltec has also been known as:
- Toltec City
- Kyrene
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Kyrene is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrene
- Florence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mesa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mesa is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 528,159 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mesa <2>
- Tempe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Picacho
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
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 Burns, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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