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 Oxbow in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Oxbow. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Oxbow listed first.
- Big Prairie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Big Prairie is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Prairie
- Croton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Croton is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croton
- Morley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- White Cloud
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newaygo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Howard City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alleyton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alleyton is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleyton
- Borland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Borland is located in Mecosta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borland
- Stanwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Sun
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sun is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
- Pierson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Amble
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Amble is located in Montcalm County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amble
- Grant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coral
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rustford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rustford is located in Mecosta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustford
- Ashland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Altona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Altona is located in Mecosta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Bailey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Big Rapids
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aetna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Aetna is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetna
- Fremont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fremont is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,102 people
- Former name for Fremont:
- Fremont Center
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fremont <2>
- Trufant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Brohman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brohman is located in Newaygo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brohman
- Former names for Brohman:
- Dingman
- Otia
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 Oxbow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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