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, Ashton had a post office and no railroad service.
The following communities are listed based on their distance from Ashton, with the one closest to Ashton listed first.
- Rocky Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Burgaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Long Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Long Creek is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek
- Castle Hayne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Montague
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Montague is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague
- Currie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wrightsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wrightsboro is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsboro
- Kirkland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkland is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Scotts Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Hill is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Hill
- Hampstead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Point Caswell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Point Caswell is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Caswell
- Phoenix
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Navassa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Navassa is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navassa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,534 people
- Atkinson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Maple Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Northwest
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Malmo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wilmington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wrightsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wrightsville is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Holly Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Safe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Colly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Colly is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colly
- Teachey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Teachey is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teachey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Sloan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ivanhoe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
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 Ashton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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