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 Ward Corner in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Ward Corner. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Ward Corner listed first.
- Westborough
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westborough
- Westborough is located in Worcester County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,063 people
- Woodville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - North Grafton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Grafton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grafton
- North Grafton is located in Worcester County
- Grafton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Grafton is located in Worcester County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,082 people
- Southville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville
- Southville is located in Worcester County
- Northborough
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northborough have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northborough
- Northborough is located in Worcester County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,038 people
- Upton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Hopkinton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
- Hopkinton is located in Middlesex County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,624 people
- Cordaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordaville
- Cordaville is located in Worcester County
- Chapinville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapinville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapinville
- Chapinville is located in Worcester County
- Shrewsbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Shrewsbury is located in Worcester County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38,910 people
- Saundersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saundersville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saundersville
- Saundersville is located in Worcester County
- Fisherville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisherville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
- Fisherville is located in Worcester County
- Farnumsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farnumsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnumsville
- Farnumsville is located in Worcester County
- West Upton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Upton
- West Upton is located in Worcester County
- Fayville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville
- Fayville is located in Worcester County
- Southborough
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Southborough. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southborough
- Southborough is located in Worcester County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,200 people
- Lakeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lakeview is located in Worcester County
- Wilkinsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilkinsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsonville
- Wilkinsonville is located in Worcester County
- Northbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northbridge
- Northbridge is located in Worcester County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,621 people
- Hayden Row
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hayden Row. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Row
- Hayden Row is located in Middlesex County
- Marlborough Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Marlborough Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough Junction
- Marlborough Junction is located in Middlesex County
- Marlborough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough
- Marlborough is located in Middlesex County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,290 people
- South Berlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Berlin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berlin
- South Berlin is located in Worcester County
- Bloomingdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomingdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Bloomingdale is located in Worcester 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 Ward Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |