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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 Memphis in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Memphis. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Memphis listed first.

  • Lake Cormorant
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Glover
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Glover is located in DeSoto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
  • Norfolk
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Norfolk is located in DeSoto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
  • Walls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Walls is located in DeSoto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walls
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,441 people
    • Former name for Walls:
    • Alpika
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walls <2>
  • Penton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Penton is located in DeSoto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
  • Eudora
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Eudora is located in DeSoto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
  • Seyppel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Seyppel is located in Crittenden County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyppel
  • Days
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Days is located in DeSoto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days
  • Lake View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake View is located in DeSoto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
  • Pinckney
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinckney is located in Crittenden County (AR)
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  • Robinsonville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Robinsonville is located in Tunica County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
  • Cub Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cub Lake is located in DeSoto County
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  • Bowdre
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bowdre is located in Tunica County
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  • Pleasant Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in DeSoto County
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  • Nesbit
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Horn Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Commerce
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Commerce is located in Tunica County
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  • Hernando
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hollywood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hollywood is located in Tunica County
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  • Whitehaven
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Whitehaven is located in Shelby County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehaven
  • Arkabutla
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Arkabutla is located in Tate County
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  • Plum Point
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Plum Point is located in DeSoto County
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  • Riceville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Riceville is located in Crittenden County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
  • Peters
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Peters is located in Lee County (AR)
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  • Bright
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Bright is located in DeSoto County
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  • Hulbert
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
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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 Memphis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
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