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 Morgan City in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Morgan City. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Morgan City listed first.
- Sheppardtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sheppardtown is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppardtown
- Cruger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cruger is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Roebuck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roebuck is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roebuck
- Sidon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sidon is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Runnymede
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Runnymede is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
- Itta Bena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rising Sun
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rising Sun is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Keirn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Keirn is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keirn
- Fort Loring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Loring is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Loring
- Moorhead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moorhead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Greenwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Baird
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Baird is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
- Tchula
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tchula is located in Holmes County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Rixwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rixwood is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixwood
- Shellmound
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shellmound is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellmound
- Marcella
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Marcella is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcella
- Ituma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ituma is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ituma
- Mileston
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mileston is located in Holmes County
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- McNutt
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- McNutt is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Faisonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Faisonia is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faisonia
- Indianola
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Good Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Good Hope is located in Holmes County
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- Howard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Howard is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Thornton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Thornton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Acona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Acona is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acona
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 Morgan City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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