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 Random Hills in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Random Hills. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Random Hills listed first.
- Elon College
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gibsonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burlington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Graham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rock Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Altamahaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Altamahaw is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamahaw
- Kimesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kimesville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimesville
- Haw River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McLeansville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Swepsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Swepsonville is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swepsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,386 people
- McCray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- McCray is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCray
- Union Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Ridge is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Ridge
- Hawfields
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hawfields is located in Alamance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawfields
- Snow Camp
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stony Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Creek is located in Caswell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Vandalia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Vandalia is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandalia
- Julian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saxapahaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mebane
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- 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)
- Climax
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lenox Castle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lenox Castle is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Castle
- Greensboro
(15 miles [24.1 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 Random Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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