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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Oshawa had a post office and railroad service.
The following communities are listed based on their distance from Oshawa, with the one closest to Oshawa listed first.
- Nicollet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kasota
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Peter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Norseland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Norseland is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norseland
- Judson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Sweden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ottawa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mankato
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Courtland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rush River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rush River is located in Sibley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush River
- Cleveland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lake Crystal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rapidan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Eagle Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marysburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Le Sueur
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bernadotte
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bernadotte is located in Nicollet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernadotte
- Madison Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Henry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Henry is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Henry
- New Rome
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- New Rome is located in Sibley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Linden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Linden is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Garden City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Ulm
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gaylord
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Henderson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
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 Oshawa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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