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 Sibley had a population of 404 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Sibley had a population of 251 people.
The following communities are listed based on their distance from Sibley, with the one closest to Sibley listed first.
- Strawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Risk
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Risk is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risk
- Garber
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Garber is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garber
- Cropsey
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Guthrie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Guthrie is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- Melvin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gibson City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Anchor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Elliott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roberts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chatsworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Colfax
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Saybrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harpster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Harpster is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpster
- Proctor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Proctor is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
- Fairbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Foosland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Thawville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Piper City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arrowsmith
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Charlotte
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Charlotte is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Weston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weston is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Paxton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buckley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
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 Sibley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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