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 Rochester in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Rochester. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Rochester listed first.
- Rochester
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Semples
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Semples is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semples
- Brighton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Huntington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- White Fox
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New London
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nova
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Clarksfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksfield
- West Clarksfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ruggles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsfield is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Fitchville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Spencer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Penfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Penfield is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penfield
- Kipton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kipton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Wakeman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hartland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Savannah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Homerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Homerville is located in Medina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homerville
- Homer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwich
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Albion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pawnee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lagrange
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nickelplate ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nickelplate is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickelplate
- Oberlin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- East Townsend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Olena
(12 miles [19.3 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 Rochester, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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