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 Wood River in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Wood River. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Wood River listed first.
- Wanda
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wanda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda
- Bethalto
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brooks is located in Madison County
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- Poag
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Poag is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poag
- Moro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Alton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Alton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Alton
- Alton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mitchell is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Edwardsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fosterburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fosterburg is located in Madison County
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- North Alton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Alton is located in Madison County
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- Spanish Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spanish Lake is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Lake
- Dorsey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nameoki
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nameoki is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameoki
- Stallings
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stallings is located in Madison County
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- Godfrey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carpenter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Carpenter is located in Madison County
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- Melville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Melville is located in Madison County
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- Fruit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fruit is located in Madison County
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- Prairietown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prairietown is located in Madison County
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- Cross Keys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cross Keys is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
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- Baden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Baden is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- Brighton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Madison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ferguson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ferguson is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,457 people
- Jennings
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jennings is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,644 people
- Newport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Newport is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Worden
(13 miles [20.9 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 Wood River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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