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 Lafayette in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Lafayette. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Lafayette listed first.
- Columbus Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fredonia
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Columbus City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Columbus City is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Port Allen ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Port Allen is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Allen
- Bard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bard is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Cotter
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cotter is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Conesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Conesville is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 427 people
- Cairo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cairo is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Letts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wyman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wyman is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyman
- Grandview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Grandview is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 519 people
- Ainsworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Crawfordsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Winfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wapello
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wapello is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
- Marsh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Marsh is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh
- Havre
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Havre is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havre
- Fruitland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fruitland is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
- Nichols
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Nichols is located in Muscatine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Olds
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Olds is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Lone Tree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Morning Sun
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Noble
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Noble is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Swedesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Swedesburg is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedesburg
- Mount Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Union is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Union
- Estimated population in 2017: 107 people
- River Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- River Junction is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
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 Lafayette, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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