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 Ames in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Ames. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Ames listed first.
- Crawfordsville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Smartsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
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- North Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Union is located in Montgomery County
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- Mace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mace is located in Montgomery County
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- Garfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
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- Yountsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Yountsville is located in Montgomery County
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- New Market
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Market is located in Montgomery County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- Whitesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Whitesville is located in Montgomery County
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- Linnsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Linnsburg is located in Montgomery County
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- Wesley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wesley is located in Montgomery County
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- Darlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Cherry Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cherry Grove is located in Montgomery County
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- Lapland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lapland is located in Montgomery County
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- Alamo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Alamo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Ladoga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Browns Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Valley is located in Montgomery County
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- New Ross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shannondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shannondale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannondale
- Linden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Waynetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Parkersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Parkersburg is located in Montgomery County
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- Raccoon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Raccoon is located in Putnam County
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- New Richmond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bowers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bowers is located in Montgomery County
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- Kirkpatrick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kirkpatrick is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkpatrick
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 Ames, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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