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 Burns in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Burns. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Burns listed first.
- Randolph
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Randolph is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Hendrix
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hendrix is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix
- Downs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gillum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gillum is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillum
- Shirley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Heyworth
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brokaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brokaw is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brokaw
- Bloomington
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Funks Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Funks Grove is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funks Grove
- Normal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Covell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Covell is located in McLean County
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- Barnes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Barnes is located in McLean County
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- Twin Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Grove is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove
- Holder
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Holder is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holder
- Yuton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Yuton is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuton
- McLean
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Padua
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Padua is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padua
- Merna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Towanda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Wapella
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Le Roy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stanford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Waynesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Solomon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Solomon is located in De Witt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon
- Fletcher
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fletcher is located in McLean County
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- Danvers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Danvers is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
- Danvers has also been known as:
- Danver
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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 Burns, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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