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 Dawson in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Dawson. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Dawson listed first.
- Glenfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Institute
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Institute is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Institute
- Hookerton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fields
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Falling Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Falling Creek is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Creek
- Kinston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hugo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hugo is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Snow Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jason
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- La Grange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Closs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Closs is located in Lenoir County
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- Ormondsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ormondsville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormondsville
- Shine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shine is located in Greene County
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- Grifton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lizzie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lizzie is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzie
- Best
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Best is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Strabane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Strabane is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strabane
- Contentnea
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Rountree
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rountree is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rountree
- Littlefield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Littlefield is located in Pitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlefield
- Castoria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Castoria is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castoria
- Seven Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Deep Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Deep Run is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Dover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dover is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Ayden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
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 Dawson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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