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 West Laurel in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of West Laurel. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to West Laurel listed first.
- Burtonsville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Muirkirk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Muirkirk is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muirkirk
- Contee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Contee is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contee
- Mistletoe Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mistletoe Springs is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistletoe Springs
- Laurel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Laurel is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,548 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurel <2>
- Fairland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairland is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
- Ammendale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ammendale is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammendale
- Fulton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fulton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Beltsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Savage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spencerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Spencerville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencerville
- Colesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Guilford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Guilford is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Simpsonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Simpsonville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
- Ednor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ednor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ednor
- Annapolis Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Highland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burnt Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burnt Mills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mills
- College Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Branchville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Branchville is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Clarksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jessup
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Norwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Norwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Layhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Layhill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layhill
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 West Laurel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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