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 Colwell in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Colwell. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Colwell listed first.
- Deerfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Deerfield is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Doubleday
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Doubleday is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleday
- Floyd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Charles City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bassett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bassett is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Floyd Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Floyd Crossing is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Crossing
- New Haven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Haven is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Chickasaw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chickasaw is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- North Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Washington is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Alta Vista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ionia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Devon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Devon is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devon
- Brownville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Brownville is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville
- Bradford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bradford is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Nashua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Riceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Osage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Hampton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rudd
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Powersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Powersville is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersville
- Little Cedar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little Cedar is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cedar
- Jerico
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jerico is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico
- Lourdes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lourdes is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lourdes
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 Colwell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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