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 Skyline in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Skyline. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Skyline listed first.
- Roxana
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roxana is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Linefork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
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- Indian Bottom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Indian Bottom is located in Letcher County
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- Kings Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Partridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Partridge is located in Letcher County
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- Jeremiah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oven Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oven Fork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oven Fork
- Whitesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Smoot Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smoot Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoot Creek
- Sassafras
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Viper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Viper is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
- Sergent
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sergent is located in Letcher County
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- Millstone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Millstone is located in Letcher County
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- Craftsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Craftsville is located in Letcher County
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- Pine Top
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
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- Flat Gap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Flat Gap is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Cutshin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cutshin is located in Leslie County
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- Deane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deane is located in Letcher County
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- Hazard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hindman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Evarts
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Olinger
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Olinger is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinger
- Big Stone Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lipps
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lipps is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipps
- Dwarf
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dwarf is located in Perry County
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- Hall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hall is located in Knott County
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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 Skyline, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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