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 Blanford in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Blanford. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Blanford listed first.
- Saint Bernice
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clays Prairie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Libertyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kidley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Vermilion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Goshen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Logan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hudnut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hudnut is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudnut
- Summit Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sandford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sandford is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandford
- Tecumseh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tecumseh is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Toronto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Toronto is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Atherton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Atherton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherton
- Dana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Illiana ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Illiana is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- Raven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Paris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scottland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mecca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mecca is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Horace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Horace is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Wetzel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wetzel is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetzel
- Nevins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marley is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Armiesburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montezuma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Highland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edgar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edgar is located in Edgar County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
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 Blanford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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