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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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Commerce had a population of 200 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
The following communities are listed based on their distance from Commerce, with the one closest to Commerce listed first.
- Walled Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oxbow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Four Towns
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wixom
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Milford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Orchard Lake Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Farmington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- White Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Highland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Hudson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Novi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Drayton Plains
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Waterford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clyde
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pontiac
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Clarkston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Davisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Northville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Green Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Lyon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Salem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rushton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rushton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushton
- Birmingham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hartland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
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 Commerce, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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