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 Torchlight in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Torchlight. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Torchlight listed first.
- Summit
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Summit is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Gallup ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Walbridge ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Louisa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Busseyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maynard ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Gay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clifford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Adams
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Georges Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Effie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Charley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ulysses ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Richardson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Peach Orchard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Irad ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Catalpa ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fullers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fullers is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Prosperity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fallsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Genoa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Genoa is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genoa
- Hubbardstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wilbur ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dunlow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ferguson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ferguson is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
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 Torchlight, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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