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 Bowers Hill in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Bowers Hill. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Bowers Hill listed first.
- Quaker Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Quaker Farms is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Farms
- Stevenson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Southford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oxford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Seymour
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Riverside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Botsford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- White Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Southbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Beacon Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Derby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ansonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Britain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Hook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Newtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Huntington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shelton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stepney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Naugatuck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Naugatuck is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naugatuck
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,905 people
- Union City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Middlebury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Woodbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- North Woodbury ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- North Woodbury is located in Litchfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbury
- Long Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hawleyville
(10 miles [16.1 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 Bowers Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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