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, Phelps had a post office and no railroad service.
The following communities are listed based on their distance from Phelps, with the one closest to Phelps listed first.
- Maine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Maine is also located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Amor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Amor is also located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amor
- Underwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Battle Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wall Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wall Lake is also located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
- Edwards
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edwards is also located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
- Clitherall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ottertail
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fergus Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Parkdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Parkdale is also located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
- Dalton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Erhard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabeth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Vining
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carlisle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Carlisle is also located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Henning
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pelican Rapids
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- French
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- French is also located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French
- Ashby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Perham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Perham is also located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,638 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perham <2>
- Luce
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Luce is also located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce
- Melby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Melby is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melby
- Western
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Western is also located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western
- Deer Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Deer Creek is also located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 321 people
- New York Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rothsay
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
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 Phelps, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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