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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 Afton Center in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Afton Center. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Afton Center listed first.
- Waterman
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- De Kalb
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cortland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shabbona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Malta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hinckley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shabbona Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shabbona Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shabbona Grove
- Maple Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Franks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Franks is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks
- Sycamore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,317 people
- Clare
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Creston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richardson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Richardson is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Steward
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rollo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rollo is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollo
- Little Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Little Rock is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Big Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kaneville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Paw Paw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Somonauk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Esmond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Radley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Radley is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radley
- Leland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sandwich
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lily Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lily Lake is located in Kane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Charter Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Charter Grove is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Grove
- Rochelle
(16 miles [25.7 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 Afton Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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