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 Hills in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of West Hills. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to West Hills listed first.
- Westville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Westville is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Highwood ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Highwood is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- New Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whitneyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Orange
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fair Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fair Haven is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
- Hamden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Montowese
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Montowese is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montowese
- Ansonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Derby
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Derby is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,257 people
- Former name for Derby:
- Birmingham
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derby <2>
- Shelton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bethany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seymour
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Carmel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Carmel is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Mount Carmel Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Carmel Center is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel Center
- Milford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Short Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Short Beach is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Beach
- Branford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Totoket
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Totoket is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totoket
- Beacon Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Huntington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Huntington is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
- Clintonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clintonville is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville
- Quinnipiac ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Quinnipiac is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinnipiac
- Brooksvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brooksvale is located in New Haven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksvale
- White Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- White Hills is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hills
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 Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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