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 Ridgeton in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Ridgeton. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Ridgeton listed first.
- Olivet
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Olivet is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Lebo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Arvonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Arvonia is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arvonia
- Melvern
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Melvern is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvern
- Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
- Melvern has also been known as:
- Melvin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melvern <2>
- Halls Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Halls Summit is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Summit
- Barclay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barclay is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Waverly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reading
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Osage City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lyndon Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lyndon Station is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
- Neosho Rapids
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Neosho Rapids is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosho Rapids
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Ottumwa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ottumwa is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottumwa
- Sharpe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sharpe is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Agricola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Agricola is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agricola
- Peterton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Peterton is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterton
- New Strawn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Vassar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hartford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Silkville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Silkville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silkville
- Silkville has also been known as:
- Boissiere Silk Farm
- Valeton
- Quenemo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Quenemo is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quenemo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Quenemo has also been known as:
- Quenemo Agency
- Williamsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Miller
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Miller is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Lang
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lang is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lang
- Lang has also been known as:
- Hortonville
- Burlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ransomville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ransomville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville
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 Ridgeton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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