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1890 Communities Near Poplar Ridge ...

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 on-going research.

If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>

While we didn't find  Poplar Ridge in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Poplar Ridge.

  • Bahama
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    • Bahama lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northeast of Poplar Ridge.
    • From the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, Bahama had a post office and no railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bahama have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Blackwood
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    • Blackwood lies 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the south of Poplar Ridge.
    • From the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, Blackwood had a post office and no railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Brassfield
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    • Brassfield lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southeast of Poplar Ridge.
    • From the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, Brassfield had railroad service and no post office
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brassfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Bushy Fork
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    • Bushy Fork lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north of Poplar Ridge.
    • According to the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, the estimated population in 1895: 30 people
    • From the 1895 Atlas, Bushy Fork had a post office and no railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bushy Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Cedar Grove
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    • Cedar Grove lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the northwest of Poplar Ridge.
    • According to the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, the estimated population in 1895: 18 people
    • From the 1895 Atlas, Cedar Grove had a post office and no railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Chapel Hill
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    • Chapel Hill lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south of Poplar Ridge.
    • According to the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, the estimated population in 1895: 1,017 people
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 63,705 people
    • From the 1895 Atlas, Chapel Hill had a post office and railroad service
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  • Corbett
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    • Corbett lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northwest of Poplar Ridge.
    • From the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, Corbett had a post office and no railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corbett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Cozart
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    • Cozart lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east of Poplar Ridge.
    • From the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, Cozart had a post office and no railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cozart have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Durham
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    • Durham lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southeast of Poplar Ridge.
    • According to the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, the estimated population in 1895: 5,485 people
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 285,897 people
    • From the 1895 Atlas, Durham had a post office and railroad service
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  • Efland
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    • Efland lies 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the west of Poplar Ridge.
    • From the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, Efland had a post office and railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Efland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Fairntosh
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    • Fairntosh lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east of Poplar Ridge.
    • From the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, Fairntosh had railroad service and no post office
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairntosh have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Gordonton
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    • Gordonton lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north of Poplar Ridge.
    • From the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, Gordonton had a post office and no railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordonton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Haw River
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    • Haw River lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west of Poplar Ridge.
    • According to the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, the estimated population in 1895: 317 people
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
    • From the 1895 Atlas, Haw River had a post office and railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haw River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Hawfields
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    • Hawfields lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west of Poplar Ridge.
    • From the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, Hawfields had a post office and no railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawfields have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Hillsborough
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    • Hillsborough lies less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Poplar Ridge.
    • According to the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, the estimated population in 1895: 662 people
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,226 people
    • From the 1895 Atlas, Hillsborough had a post office and railroad service
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  • Hurdle Mills
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    • Hurdle Mills lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north of Poplar Ridge.
    • According to the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, the estimated population in 1895: 33 people
    • From the 1895 Atlas, Hurdle Mills had a post office and no railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurdle Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Laws
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    • Laws lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north of Poplar Ridge.
    • From the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, Laws had a post office and no railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laws have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Mebane
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    • Mebane lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west of Poplar Ridge.
    • According to the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, the estimated population in 1895: 391 people
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,732 people
    • From the 1895 Atlas, Mebane had a post office and railroad service
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  • Mount Tirzah
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    • Mount Tirzah lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the northeast of Poplar Ridge.
    • According to the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, the estimated population in 1895: 66 people
    • From the 1895 Atlas, Mount Tirzah had a post office and no railroad service
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  • Oaks
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    • Oaks lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southwest of Poplar Ridge.
    • According to the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, the estimated population in 1895: 61 people
    • From the 1895 Atlas, Oaks had a post office and no railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Prospect Hill
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    • Prospect Hill lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northwest of Poplar Ridge.
    • According to the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, the estimated population in 1895: 83 people
    • From the 1895 Atlas, Prospect Hill had a post office and no railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prospect Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Red Mountain
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    • Red Mountain lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northeast of Poplar Ridge.
    • According to the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, the estimated population in 1895: 40 people
    • From the 1895 Atlas, Red Mountain had a post office and no railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Ridgeville
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    • Ridgeville lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north of Poplar Ridge.
    • According to the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, the estimated population in 1895: 29 people
    • From the 1895 Atlas, Ridgeville had a post office and no railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Rougemont
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    • Rougemont lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northeast of Poplar Ridge.
    • From the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, Rougemont had a post office and railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rougemont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Saxapahaw
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    • Saxapahaw lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southwest of Poplar Ridge.
    • According to the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, the estimated population in 1895: 86 people
    • From the 1895 Atlas, Saxapahaw had a post office and no railroad service
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  • Swepsonville
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    • Swepsonville lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west of Poplar Ridge.
    • According to the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, the estimated population in 1895: 326 people
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
    • From the 1895 Atlas, Swepsonville had a post office and no railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swepsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Teer
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    • Teer lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southwest of Poplar Ridge.
    • From the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, Teer had a post office and no railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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  • Timberlake
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    • Timberlake lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the northeast of Poplar Ridge.
    • From the 1895 Rand McNally Atlas, Timberlake had a post office and no railroad service
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberlake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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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 Poplar Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Poplar Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Poplar Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0724, Longitude: -79.0686       In this case, the coordinates for Poplar Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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