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 Griffen in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Griffen. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Griffen listed first.
- Mackey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mackey is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Rosendale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosendale is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
- Stanhope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stanhope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 394 people
- Stratford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Story City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Randall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Randall is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Ontario
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ontario is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Jewell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jewell is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,138 people
- Jewell has also been known as:
- Jewell Junction
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jewell <2>
- Pilot Mound
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pilot Mound is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Moingona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Moingona is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moingona
- Ames
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Homer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Homer is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Ellsworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kamrar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dayton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ogden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Luther
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Luther is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Roland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Roland is located in Story County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
- Boxholm
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kelley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lehigh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Webster City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Border Plains
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Border Plains is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border Plains
- Burnside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burnside is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
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 Griffen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |