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 Big Creek in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Big Creek. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Big Creek listed first.
- Beltzville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beltzville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltzville
- Harrity
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Harrity is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrity
- Parryville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stemlersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stemlersville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stemlersville
- Lehighton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Weissport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lizard Creek Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kittatinny
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kittatinny is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittatinny
- Hazard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hazard is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard
- Aquashicola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Aquashicola is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquashicola
- Packerton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Packerton is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packerton
- Jim Thorpe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jim Thorpe is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Thorpe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,650 people
- Former names for Jim Thorpe:
- East Mauch Chunk
- Mauch Chunk
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jim Thorpe <2>
- Ashfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ashfield is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield
- Balliet
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Balliet is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balliet
- Nesquehoning Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Slatedale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Slatedale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatedale
- Berlinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Berlinsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinsville
- Harpers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harpers is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers
- Danielsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Little Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Little Gap is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Gap
- Germans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Germans is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans
- Custer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Custer is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
- Emerald
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Emerald is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Slatington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Walnutport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Valley is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Valley
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 Big Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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