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 Lakewood in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Lakewood. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Comstock
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Comstock is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
- Kalamazoo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- East Cooper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Cooper is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cooper
- Portage
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Galesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oshtemo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cooper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Pavilion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pavilion is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion
- Scotts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Richland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Richland Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Richland Junction is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Junction
- Yorkville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yorkville is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Vicksburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Climax
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Climax is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Cressey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cressey is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cressey
- Alamo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alamo is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Doster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Doster is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
- Schoolcraft
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Plainwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mattawan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- West Leroy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Leroy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leroy
- Fulton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton is located in Kalamazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Hickory Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Otsego
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Almena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Almena is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almena
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 Lakewood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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