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 Watertown in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Watertown. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Watertown listed first.
- Cash
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Peck
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Juhl
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Berkshire ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elmer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Speaker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Applegate
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Carsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Melvin is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Valley Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roseburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Croswell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brown City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marlette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Deckerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Yale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Burnside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Amadore ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lexington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Port Sanilac
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Argyle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Forester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jeddo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jeddo is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
- Shabbona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shabbona is located in Sanilac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shabbona
- Clifford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Clifford is located in Lapeer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
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 Watertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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