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 Burnham in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Burnham. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Burnham listed first.
- Johns
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Johns is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns
- Dobson ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dobson is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobson
- Cato
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cato is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Puckett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Puckett is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Lynwood ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lynwood is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood
- Everett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Everett is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Daniel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Daniel is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
- Thomasville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Thomasville is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
- Braxton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Braxton is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Rankin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rankin is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- D'Lo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- D'Lo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Lo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Gunn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gunn is located in Smith County
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- Polkville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Polkville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
- Pelahatchie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Brandon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Monterey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Monterey is located in Rankin County
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- Trenton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Trenton is located in Smith County
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- King
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- King is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Harrisville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Pearson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pearson is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Pulaski
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Burns
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Burns is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Whites
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Whites is located in Rankin County
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- Westville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Westville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Magee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Morton
(19 miles [30.6 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 Burnham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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