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 Shiff in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Shiff. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Shiff listed first.
- Great Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Great Crossing is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Crossing
- Georgetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Duval
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Peak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Skinnersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Skinnersburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinnersburg
- Oxford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stamping Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- White Sulphur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Payne's Depot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Muddy Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Midway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Donerail
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Donerail is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donerail
- Newtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Longlick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Biddle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Woodlake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Minorsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Switzer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Switzer is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer
- Faywood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Yarnallton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Porter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Greendale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greendale is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Leesburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Leesburg is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Sadieville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sadieville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sadieville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Duckers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Josephine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Elk Chester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Viley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Viley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viley
- Russell Cave
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loradale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lees Lick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lees Lick is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Lick
- Davis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elmville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forks of Elkhorn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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 Shiff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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