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 Santa Claus had a population of 144 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Santa Claus had a population of 2,404 people.
The following communities are listed based on their distance from Santa Claus, with the one closest to Santa Claus listed first.
- Kennedy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kennedy is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Buffaloville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Buffaloville is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffaloville
- Mariah Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lamar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fulda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rockport Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kercheval
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Liberal
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Liberal is located in Spencer County
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- Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Evanston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Meinrad
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Henry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Henry is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Henry
- Gentryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Johnsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Johnsburg is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
- Huffman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Huffman is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Ferdinand
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Newtonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Newtonville is located in Spencer County
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- Pigeon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Chrisney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Adyeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Adyeville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adyeville
- Heilman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bristow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Tennyson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Holland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Selvin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Selvin is located in Warrick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selvin
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 Santa Claus, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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