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 Big Cowan in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Big Cowan. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Big Cowan listed first.
- Oven Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oven Fork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oven Fork
- Kings Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Whitesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Partridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Partridge is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
- Roxana
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Roxana is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Smoot Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Smoot Creek is located in Letcher County
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- Linefork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
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- Jeremiah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sergent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sergent is located in Letcher County
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- Indian Bottom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Bottom is located in Letcher County
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- Flat Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Flat Gap is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Millstone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Millstone is located in Letcher County
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- Craftsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Craftsville is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsville
- Lipps
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lipps is located in Wise County (VA)
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- Deane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Deane is located in Letcher County
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- Big Stone Gap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pound
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pine Top
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Sassafras
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hall is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Olinger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Olinger is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinger
- Beefhide
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beefhide is located in Letcher County
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- Viper
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Viper is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
- Hurricane
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hurricane is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Hindman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Tacoma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tacoma is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoma
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 Big Cowan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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