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, Forbes had railroad service and no post office.
The following communities are listed based on their distance from Forbes, with the one closest to Forbes listed first.
- Curzon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Curzon is located in Holt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curzon
- Sparks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sparks is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Fanning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Nodaway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oregon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Troy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Forest City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Iowa Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Blair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Highland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Amazonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Amazonia is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amazonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Fillmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wathena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Severance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bendena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brenner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- White Cloud
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Palermo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Dean
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dean is located in Andrew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Savannah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Napier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Napier is located in Holt County
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- Elwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leona is located in Doniphan County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Denton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Forbes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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