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 Elon in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Elon. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Elon listed first.
- Elon College
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gibsonville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Burlington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Altamahaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Graham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rock Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Haw River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McCray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- McLeansville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- 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
- Union Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Kimesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Hawfields
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Stony Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Mebane
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Browns Summit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lenox Castle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lenox Castle is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Castle
- Snow Camp
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Saxapahaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cherry Grove is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Benaja
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Benaja is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benaja
- Vandalia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Vandalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia
- Julian
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greensboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ashland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
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 Elon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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