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 Fostoria in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Fostoria. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Fostoria listed first.
- Milford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Spencer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Arnolds Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Everly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Everly is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- Dickens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Okoboji
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spirit Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Greenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hartley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Superior
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- May City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wallingford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Estherville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harris
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Graettinger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ayrshire
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sioux Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ocheyedan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Osgood
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Osgood is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Petersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Peterson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Linn Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sioux Rapids
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Primghar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sutherland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Emmetsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Round Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sanborn
(25 miles [40.2 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 Fostoria, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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