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 Davistown in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Davistown. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Davistown listed first.
- Indian Head
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Indian Head is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
- White
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- White is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Normalville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Donegal
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Acme
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mill Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Creek is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Scullton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scullton is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scullton
- Laurelville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Laurelville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelville
- Stahlstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pennsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pennsville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsville
- Moyer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Moyer is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyer
- Stewarton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stewarton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewarton
- Barronvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barronvale is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barronvale
- Trent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trent is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent
- Bakersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bakersville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Iron Bridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Iron Bridge is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Bridge
- Wheeler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wheeler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Kecksburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kecksburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecksburg
- Mount Pleasant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Overton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Overton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Overton
- Scottdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Everson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Everson is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Owensdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Owensdale is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensdale
- Broad Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Broad Ford is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Ford
- Crossland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Crossland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossland
- Connellsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Haven is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
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 Davistown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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