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 Alton Park in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Alton Park. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Alton Park listed first.
- Mountainville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mountainville is located in Lehigh County
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- Wescosville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- East Texas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Vera Cruz
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Vera Cruz is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Lanark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lanark is located in Lehigh County
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- Farmington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington is located in Lehigh County
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- Allentown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Macungie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shimerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shimerville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shimerville
- Limeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Limeport is located in Lehigh County
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- Spring Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Spring Creek is located in Lehigh County
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- Old Zionsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Zionsville is located in Lehigh County
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- Zionsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dillingerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dillingerville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillingerville
- Dillingerville has also been known as:
- Dillinger
- Dillingers Ville
- Dillingers
- Dillingersville
- Stahlers
- Friedensville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Friedensville is located in Lehigh County
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- Rittersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rittersville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rittersville
- Fullerton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fullerton is located in Lehigh County
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- Stetlersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stetlersville is located in Lehigh County
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- Walbert
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Walbert is located in Lehigh County
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- Litzenberg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Litzenberg is located in Lehigh County
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- Chapman
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chapman is located in Lehigh County
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- Seiple
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Seiple is located in Lehigh County
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- Trexlertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Alburtis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sigmund
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sigmund is located in Lehigh County
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- Powder Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Powder Valley is located in Lehigh County
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- Locust Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Valley is located in Lehigh County
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- Coopersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seidersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Seidersville is located in Northampton County
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- Catasauqua
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hokendauqua
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hokendauqua is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hokendauqua
- Orefield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haines
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Haines is located in Lehigh County
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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 Alton Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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