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 Lafayette in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Lafayette. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Lafayette listed first.
- Bernadotte
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bernadotte is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernadotte
- Winthrop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gibbon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Ulm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Sweden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Sweden is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
- Gaylord
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Courtland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Essig
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Norseland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Norseland is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norseland
- Nicollet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rush River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rush River is located in Sibley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush River
- New Rome
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Rome is located in Sibley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Oshawa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oshawa is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshawa
- New Auburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfax
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Linden
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Linden is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Sleepy Eye
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stewart
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Stewart is located in McLeod County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people
- Judson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Judson is located in Blue Earth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Arlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brownton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Iberia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Iberia is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Hanska
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sumter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sumter is located in McLeod County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
- Ottawa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ottawa is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa
- Buffalo Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Lafayette, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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