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 Palo Alto in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Palo Alto. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Palo Alto listed first.
- Cooks Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cooks Mills is located in Bedford County
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- State Line
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- State Line is located in Bedford County
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- Ellerslie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ellerslie is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerslie
- Hoblitzell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hoblitzell is located in Bedford County
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- Williams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Williams is located in Somerset County
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- Hazen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hazen is located in Allegany County (MD)
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- Wellersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wellersburg is located in Somerset County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Corriganville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Corriganville is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriganville
- Kreigbaum
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kreigbaum is located in Allegany County (MD)
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- Mount Savage Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mount Savage Junction is located in Allegany County (MD)
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- Fairhope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hyndman
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Foley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Foley is located in Somerset County
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- Barrelville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barrelville is located in Allegany County (MD)
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- Glencoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glencoe is located in Somerset County
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- Cumberland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fossilville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fossilville is located in Bedford County
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- Mount Savage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Johnsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Philson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Philson is located in Somerset County
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- Morantown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morantown is located in Allegany County (MD)
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- Beans Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Beans Cove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Cove
- Wittenberg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wittenberg is located in Somerset County
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- Rush
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rush is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Flintstone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Patience
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Patience is located in Bedford County
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- Madley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Madley is located in Bedford County
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- Glen Savage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Glen Savage is located in Somerset 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 Palo Alto, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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