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 Bellflower in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Bellflower. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Bellflower listed first.
- Laurette
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Laurette is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurette
- Kumler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kumler is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kumler
- Osman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Osman is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osman
- Weedman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Weedman is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weedman
- Blue Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blue Ridge is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Dickerson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dickerson is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickerson
- Foosland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Saybrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harpster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harpster is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpster
- Sabina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sabina is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabina
- Proctor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Proctor is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
- Farmer City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harris is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Mansfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Empire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Empire is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Fisher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Arrowsmith
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gibson City is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,275 people
- Gibson City has also been known as:
- Gibson
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibson City <2>
- Galesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Galesville is located in Piatt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galesville
- Mahomet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dewey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Le Roy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fullerton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fullerton is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton
- Garber
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Garber is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garber
- Padua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Padua is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padua
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 Bellflower, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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