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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, Foraker had a post office and no railroad service.
The following communities are listed based on their distance from Foraker, with the one closest to Foraker listed first.
- Southwest
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gravelton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Paris
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Waterford Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Waterford Mills is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Mills
- Wakarusa
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Nappanee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milford Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Milford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Milford is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
- Benton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Benton is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Hastings
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hastings is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings
- Syracuse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bremen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Osceola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clunette
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Leesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Woodland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Woodland is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Vawter Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vawter Park is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter Park
- Oswego
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oswego is located in Kosciusko County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego
- Grismore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Grismore is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grismore
- Middlebury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mishawaka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Etna Green
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Atwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- North Webster
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cromwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ligonier
(17 miles [27.4 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 Foraker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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