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 Oak Forest in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Oak Forest. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Oak Forest listed first.
- Elroy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elroy is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Goldsboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenleaf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenleaf is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Best
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Best is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Saulston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saulston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulston
- Dudley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pikeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- La Grange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jason
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jason is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Seven Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shine is located in Greene County
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- Faro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Faro is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faro
- Institute
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Institute is located in Lenoir County
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- Fremont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Olive
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fields
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fields is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Pinkney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pinkney is located in Wayne County
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- Eureka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Eureka is located in Wayne County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Strabane
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Strabane is located in Lenoir County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strabane
- Princeton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Outlaws Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Outlaws Bridge is located in Duplin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlaws Bridge
- Falling Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Falling Creek is located in Lenoir County
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- Snow Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Contentnea
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Contentnea is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contentnea
- Glenfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Glenfield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
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 Oak Forest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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