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 Big Rock in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Big Rock. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Big Rock listed first.
- Edwards ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Edwards is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
- Waterloo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dewar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dewar is located in Black Hawk County
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- Raymond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Raymond is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Dunkerton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dunkerton is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Cedar Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Denver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Canfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Canfield is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Klinger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Klinger is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klinger
- Washburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gilbertville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbertville is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 725 people
- Janesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Knittel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Knittel is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knittel
- Hudson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jesup
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wapsie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wapsie is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapsie
- Finchford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Finchford is located in Black Hawk County
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- Fredsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fredsville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredsville
- Eagle Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Eagle Center is located in Black Hawk County
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- Littleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Littleton is located in Buchanan County
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- Fairbank
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waverly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly Junction is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly Junction
- Jubilee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jubilee is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jubilee
- Bremer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bremer is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremer
- New Hartford
(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 Big Rock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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