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 Hightsville in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Hightsville. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Hightsville listed first.
- Wrightsboro
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wrightsboro is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsboro
- Wilmington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Navassa
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Navassa is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navassa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,534 people
- Castle Hayne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wrightsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wrightsville is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Phoenix
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Phoenix is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
- Kirkland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kirkland is located in New Hanover County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Malmo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Malmo is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malmo
- Scotts Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Scotts Hill is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Hill
- Town Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Town Creek is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
- Rocky Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Winnabow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Long Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Long Creek is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek
- Montague
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Montague is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague
- Northwest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Northwest is located in Brunswick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
- Hampstead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ashton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ashton is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Currie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Point Caswell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Point Caswell is located in Pender County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Caswell
- Burgaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Armour
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Armour is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armour
- Freeman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Freeman is located in Columbus County
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- Byrdville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Byrdville is located in Columbus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrdville
- Atkinson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Colly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Colly is located in Bladen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colly
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 Hightsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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