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 Snowden in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Snowden. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Snowden listed first.
- Rightangle
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rightangle is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rightangle
- Log Lick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Log Lick is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Lick
- Westbend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Westbend is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbend
- Virden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Virden is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virden
- Ruckerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ruckerville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckerville
- Iron Mound
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Iron Mound is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mound
- Kiddville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kiddville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiddville
- Clay City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Waltersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Waltersville is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltersville
- Hunt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hunt is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Doylesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Doylesville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylesville
- Sams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sams is located in Estill County
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- Hedges
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hedges is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Levee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Levee is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levee
- Thomson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Thomson is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomson
- College Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- College Hill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Hill
- Fox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fox is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Flanagan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Flanagan is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanagan
- Union City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Union City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Stanton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Camargo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Camargo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Prewitt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Prewitt is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prewitt
- Winchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Elkin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Elkin is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkin
- Waco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Snowden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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