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 Cranston in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Cranston. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Cranston listed first.
- Letts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Conesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Conesville is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Port Allen ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Port Allen is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Allen
- Fredonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Nichols
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Nichols is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Fruitland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fruitland is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Columbus Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 519 people
- Bard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bard is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Columbus City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus City is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Muscatine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lone Tree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cotter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cotter is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- West Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cairo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cairo is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Wapello
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wapello is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
- Atalissa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- River Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- River Junction is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
- Summit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Summit is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Ainsworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Downey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Downey is located in Cedar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downey
- Eliza
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Eliza is located in Mercer County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliza
- Moscow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Iowa Junction ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Iowa Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Junction
- Wyman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wyman is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyman
- Riverside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Cranston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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