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 Roots in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Roots. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Roots listed first.
- Ellis Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Modoc
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Modoc is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modoc
- Sainte Genevieve
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kaskaskia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- New Palestine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Palestine is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Palestine
- Preston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Preston is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Prairie du Rocher
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie du Rocher is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Rocher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Prairie du Rocher has also been known as:
- Prairie du Rocher village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie du Rocher <2>
- Ruma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ruma is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Ames
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ames is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
- Zell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Zell is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zell
- Saint Mary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Menard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Claryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Claryville is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claryville
- River aux Vases
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- River aux Vases is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River aux Vases
- Former name for River aux Vases:
- Staabtown
- Bremen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Blair
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Blair is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Renault
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lithium
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lithium is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithium
- Baldwin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bud
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bloomsdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- New Offenburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Offenburg is located in Sainte Genevieve County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Offenburg
- Welge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Welge is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welge
- Houston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Houston is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
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 Roots, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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