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 in 1895, Willard had a post office and no railroad service.
The following communities are listed based on their distance from Willard, with the one closest to Willard listed first.
- Olive Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Unity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hodges Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Commerce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mounds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Diehlstadt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Sandusky
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sandusky is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Mound City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Villa Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Thebes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Blodgett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Charleston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Cairo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pulaski
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Benton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bertrand
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Birds Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Birds Point is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birds Point
- Former names for Birds Point:
- Birdsville
- Greenville
- America
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- America is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America
- Kelso
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Hamburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Morley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Morley is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Samos
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Samos is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samos
- Olmsted
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- McClure
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Henson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Henson is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henson
- Wickliffe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Cape Girardeau
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Cape Girardeau is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cape Girardeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Ullin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oran
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oran is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oran
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oran <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 Willard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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