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 Papin in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Papin. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Papin listed first.
- Oakvale
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oakvale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakvale
- Knorpp
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Knorpp is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knorpp
- Valles Mines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Flucom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flucom is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flucom
- Halifax
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Halifax is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Silver Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Springs is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Plattin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Plattin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattin
- De Soto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- French Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vineland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Vineland is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland
- Blackwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Blackwell is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell
- Hazel Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hazel Run is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Run
- Victoria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Victoria is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Kinsey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kinsey is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
- Danby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Danby is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Hematite
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hematite is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- East Bonne Terre
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- East Bonne Terre is located in Saint Francois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bonne Terre
- Festus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bonne Terre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceton is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceton
- Crystal City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Silica
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Silica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Fertile
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fertile is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertile
- Hillsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchie is located in Monroe County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchie
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 Papin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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