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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Carpenter had a population of 150 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
The following communities are listed based on their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.
- Fruit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fruit is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit
- Worden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Prairietown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Prairietown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairietown
- Edwardsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kaufman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kaufman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaufman
- Moro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bethalto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wanda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wanda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda
- Alhambra
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dorsey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Poag
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poag is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poag
- Bunker Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Staunton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Troy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fosterburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fosterburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterburg
- Grantfork
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Grantfork is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantfork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Brooks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brooks is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Mitchell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Saint Jacob
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Douglas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dorchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dorchester is located in Macoupin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Upper Alton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Upper Alton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Alton
- Stallings
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stallings is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallings
- Highland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alton
(15 miles [24.1 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 Carpenter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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