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 Williams in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Williams. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Williams listed first.
- Reynolds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hubbell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mahaska
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mahaska is located in Washington County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahaska
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Narka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Narka is located in Republic County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Gilead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Thompson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Thompson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Gladstone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gladstone is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Stoddard ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stoddard is located in Thayer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoddard
- Chester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Munden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Munden is located in Republic County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
- Hebron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Powell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Powell is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Alexandria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Haddam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Haddam is located in Washington County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Haddam has also been known as:
- Haddam City
- West Haddam
- Belvidere
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haworth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Haworth is located in Republic County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haworth
- Endicott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cuba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cuba is located in Republic County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <2>
- Deshler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Byron
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bower ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bower is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Belleville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Morrowville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Morrowville is located in Washington County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrowville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Jansen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Daykin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
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 Williams, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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