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 Newtown in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Newtown. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Newtown listed first.
- Rough and Ready
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glenbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Union Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nevada City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sweetland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sweetland is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland
- North San Juan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Dobbins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Smartville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Chicago Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Columbia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oregon House
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- You Bet ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wolf
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wolf is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Colfax
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pike
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pike is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
- Pike has also been known as:
- Pike City
- Gold Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dutch Flat
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Camptonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Alta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Weimar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Towle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Towle is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towle
- Browns Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
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 Newtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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