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 Glen Raven in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Glen Raven. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Glen Raven listed first.
- Elon College
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burlington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gibsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Altamahaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Graham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Haw River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- McCray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Union Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Swepsonville
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Rock Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Hawfields
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Stony Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- McLeansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kimesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Mebane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lenox Castle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lenox Castle is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Castle
- Cherry Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cherry Grove is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Saxapahaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Benaja
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Benaja is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benaja
- Browns Summit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Camp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ashland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ashland is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Oaks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oaks is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Corbett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Corbett is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbett
- Julian
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sutphin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sutphin is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutphin
- Teer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Teer is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teer
- Efland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Locust Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Locust Hill is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Greensboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
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 Glen Raven, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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