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 Penntown in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Penntown. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Penntown listed first.
- Spades
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Spades is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spades
- Sunman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lawrenceville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Weisburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Weisburg is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weisburg
- Saint Peter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Peter is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Peter
- Morris
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Morris is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- New Alsace
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stumpke Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lookout
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Leon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oak Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oldenburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Batesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Yorkville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- South Gate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ballstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ballstown is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballstown
- Manchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Peppertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peppertown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppertown
- Delaware
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pierceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Milan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Moores Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kyle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Logan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Trenton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Trenton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Trenton
- Cedar Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
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 Penntown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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