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 Petros in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Petros. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Petros listed first.
- Rockfield
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- South Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rich Pond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rich Pond is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Pond
- Woodburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Auburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Memphis Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Memphis Junction is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Junction
- Gasper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gasper is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasper
- Bowling Green
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bowling Green is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
- Former names for Bowling Green:
- Bolin Green
- McFadden's Station
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- Dennis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dennis is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Hadley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
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- Costelow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Costelow is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Costelow
- Franklin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gold City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
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- Temperance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Temperance is located in Simpson County
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- Sugar Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sugar Grove is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Rockland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Anderson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson is located in Logan County
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- Greencastle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Greencastle is located in Warren County
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- Homer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Homer is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Hickory Flat
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Flat is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
- Mount Aerial
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
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- Trammel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Hardcastle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hardcastle is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardcastle
- Bristow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bristow is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristow
- Richardsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
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 Petros, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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