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 Brown Town in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Brown Town. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Brown Town listed first.
- Hampstead
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Scotts Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scotts Hill is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Hill
- Kirkland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkland is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Wrightsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wrightsville is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Castle Hayne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rocky Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wrightsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wrightsboro is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsboro
- Wilmington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ashton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ashton is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Holly Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Navassa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Navassa is located in Brunswick County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,534 people
- Burgaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Long Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Long Creek is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek
- Phoenix
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Phoenix is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
- Montague
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Montague is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague
- Malmo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Malmo is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malmo
- Maple Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Maple Hill is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Currie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Town Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Town Creek is located in Brunswick County
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- Sneads Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Winnabow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Northwest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Northwest is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
- Angola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Angola is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angola
- Point Caswell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Point Caswell is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Caswell
- Marines
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marines is located in Onslow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marines
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 Brown Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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