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 Hildebran in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Hildebran. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Hildebran listed first.
Penelope (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Penelope is also located in Burke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelope Hickory (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Hickory is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Population from the 2020 Census: 41,473 people
Granite Falls (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Connelly Springs (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Rutherford College (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Sawmills (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Sawmills is located in Caldwell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmills Population from the 2020 Census: 5,156 people
Blackburn (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Blackburn is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn Baton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Baton is located in Caldwell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baton Plateau (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Plateau is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau Startown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Startown is located in Catawba County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Startown Hudson (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Hudson is located in Caldwell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Population from the 2020 Census: 3,703 people
Former name for Hudson:
Hudsonville Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <2>
Petra Mills (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Petra Mills is located in Caldwell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petra Mills Drexel (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Drexel is also located in Burke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drexel Population from the 2020 Census: 1,861 people
Shoups Ford (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Shoups Ford is also located in Burke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoups Ford Henry (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Henry is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Newton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Conover (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Downsville ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Downsville was located in Caldwell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville Camp Creek (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Camp Creek is also located in Burke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek Cedar Valley (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Cedar Valley is located in Caldwell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley Enola (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Enola is also located in Burke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola Toluca (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Toluca is located in Cleveland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toluca Little River (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Little River is located in Alexander County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River Hulls Crossroads (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Hulls Crossroads is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossroads Reepsville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Reepsville is located in Lincoln County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reepsville Maiden (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Lenoir (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Lenoir is located in Caldwell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir Population from the 2020 Census: 17,911 people
Former name for Lenoir:
Tucker's Barn Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenoir <2>
Gamewell (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Gamewell is located in Caldwell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamewell Population from the 2020 Census: 3,993 people
Chesterfield (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Chesterfield is also located in Burke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
Off-the-Road Links ...
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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 Hildebran, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.