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 Hamel in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Hamel. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Hamel listed first.
- Carpenter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Carpenter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
- Kaufman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kaufman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaufman
- Worden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fruit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fruit is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit
- Alhambra
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Prairietown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prairietown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairietown
- Marine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Staunton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Moro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Grantfork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grantfork is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantfork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- New Douglas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dorsey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bethalto
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wanda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wanda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda
- Troy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bunker Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poag
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Poag is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poag
- Saint Jacob
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- 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
- Highland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fosterburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fosterburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterburg
- Old Ripley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Old Ripley is located in Bond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Mount Olive
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brooks is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
- Mitchell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Pierron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
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 Hamel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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