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 Broad Acres in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Broad Acres. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Broad Acres listed first.
- Swepsonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- Graham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Burlington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haw River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Hawfields
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Saxapahaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elon College
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mebane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kimesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- McCray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Gibsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Camp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sutphin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sutphin is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
- Teer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Union Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Altamahaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Efland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Stony Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- McLeansville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsborough
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Julian
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Silk Hope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Silk Hope is located in Chatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Hope
- Corbett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Corbett is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbett
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 Broad Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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