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 Gentian in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Gentian. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Gentian listed first.
- Sands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Palmer
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eagle Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Mills is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills
- Harvey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Plains is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
- Marquette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Negaunee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Swanzy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Swanzy is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanzy
- Ishpeming
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winthrop Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- National Mine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- National Mine is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Mine
- Little Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gordon is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- West Ishpeming
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Greenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Diorite
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Clarksburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- McFarland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deerton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Humboldt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clowry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lathrop
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Onota
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Champion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Republic
(24 miles [38.6 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 Gentian, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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