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 Forest Park in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Forest Park. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Forest Park listed first.
- Bear Creek Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Laurel Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Penobscot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Penobscot is also located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penobscot
- Fairview
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fairview is also located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Mountain Top
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Glen Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Summit is also located in Luzerne County
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- Moosehead
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Moosehead is also located in Luzerne County
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- Miners Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Miners Mills is also located in Luzerne County
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- Parsons
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Parsons is also located in Luzerne County
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- Ashley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Solomon Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Solomon Gap is also located in Luzerne County
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- Rita
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rita is also located in Luzerne County
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- Bear Creek Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek Junction is also located in Luzerne County
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- Hudson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson is also located in Luzerne County
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- Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Port Bowkley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Port Bowkley is also located in Luzerne County
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- Wilkes-Barre
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Laflin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Laflin is also located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,435 people
- Inkerman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Inkerman is also located in Luzerne County
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- Port Blanchard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Port Blanchard is also located in Luzerne County
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- Plainsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plainsville is also located in Luzerne County
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- Yatesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Yatesville is also located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Forty Fort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forty Fort is also located in Luzerne County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,025 people
- Kingston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sebastopol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sebastopol is also located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastopol
- Sugar Notch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sugar Notch is also located in Luzerne County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
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 Forest Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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