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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 Swisher in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Swisher. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Swisher listed first.
- Shueyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shueyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shueyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 655 people
- Ely
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairfax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Walford is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,436 people
- North Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Rapids
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- East Rapids is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rapids
- Amana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oxford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tiffin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cedar Rapids
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Homestead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Solon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bertram
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bertram is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
- Covington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Covington is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Coralville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Louisa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Louisa is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisa
- Norway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Marion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Atkins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Amana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cosgrove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cosgrove is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosgrove
- Morse
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Morse is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Mount Vernon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Iowa City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Watkins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Watkins is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
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 Swisher, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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