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 Big Lake in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Big Lake. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Big Lake listed first.
- Fortescue
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fortescue is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortescue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Rulo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rulo is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rulo <2>
- Bigelow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bigelow is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigelow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
- Napier
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Napier is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier
- White Cloud
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mound City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arago ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Craig
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Preston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Preston is located in Richardson County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Forest City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Iowa Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oregon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reserve
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Curzon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Curzon is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curzon
- Corning
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Falls City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Milton ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Milton is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- New Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Padonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Highland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Barada
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maitland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maitland is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Robinson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sparks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Nishnabotna ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nishnabotna is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nishnabotna
- Saint Deroin ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 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 Big Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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