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 Atlas in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Atlas. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Atlas listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Strong
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Strong is located in Northumberland County
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- Alaska
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Alaska is located in Northumberland County
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- Locust Gap
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
- Locust Summit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Summit is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Summit
- Helfenstein
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Helfenstein is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helfenstein
- Lavelle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Locustdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilburton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wilburton is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilburton
- Sagon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sagon is located in Northumberland County
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- Excelsior
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Excelsior is located in Northumberland County
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- Ashland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Centralia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bear Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Greenback
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenback is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenback
- Gordon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fountain Springs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Springs
- Numidia
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Numidia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numidia
- Gowen City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gowen City is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen City
- Mabel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mabel is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Mill Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Grove
- Newlin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Newlin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
- Shamokin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pitman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Haas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Haas is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haas
- Girardville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Atlas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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