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 Bobtown in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Bobtown. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Bobtown listed first.
- Peters Switch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Peters Switch is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Switch
- Rockford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockford is located in Jackson County
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- Jonesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Seymour
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Surprise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Surprise is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Reddington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reddington is located in Jackson County
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- Waymansville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waymansville is located in Bartholomew County
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- Shields
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shields is located in Jackson County
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- Azalia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Azalia is located in Bartholomew County
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- Waynesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Waynesville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesville
- Spraytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Spraytown is located in Jackson County
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- Fleming
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fleming is located in Jackson County
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- Walesboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Walesboro is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walesboro
- Freetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ewing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ewing is located in Jackson County
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- Brownstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Elizabethtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Becks Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
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- Dudleytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dudleytown is located in Jackson County
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- Hayden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hayden is located in Jennings County
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- Stratford ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stratford is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Scipio
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
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- Pikes Peak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Christiansburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Christiansburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiansburg
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 Bobtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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