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 Walsh in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Walsh. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Walsh listed first.
- Preston
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Evansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ellis Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Palestine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blair
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Houston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sparta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ruma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bremen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Modoc
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Welge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Steeleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bud
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ames
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ames is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
- Kaskaskia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kaskaskia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskaskia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Menard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Chester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tilden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marissa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sainte Genevieve
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Claryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Claryville is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claryville
- Percy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lenzburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Prairie du Rocher
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- 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>
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 Walsh, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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