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 Birchwood in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Birchwood. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Birchwood listed first.
- Elon College
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burlington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Altamahaw
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Gibsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McCray
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Graham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Haw River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Union Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Stony Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Swepsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- McLeansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hawfields
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Rock Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Mebane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cherry Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cherry Grove is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Lenox Castle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lenox Castle is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Castle
- Ashland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Kimesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Benaja
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Benaja is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benaja
- Corbett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Corbett is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbett
- Browns Summit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Saxapahaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Cedar Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Snow Camp
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Oaks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Efland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Prospect Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Hill
- Reidsville
(17 miles [27.4 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 Birchwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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