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 Riker in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Riker. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Riker listed first.
- Bells Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bells Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Mills
- Punxsutawney
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Elbell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elbell is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbell
- Adrian Mines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Adrian Mines is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian Mines
- Winslow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Big Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Walston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walston is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walston
- Horatio
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Horatio is located in Jefferson County
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- Anita
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Anita is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Valier
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Covode
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Covode is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covode
- Flora
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Flora is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
- Hillman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
- Oliveburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Frostburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Frostburg is located in Jefferson County
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- Panic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
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- Hamilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hamilton is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Marchand
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marchand is located in Indiana County
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- Cramer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cramer is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cramer
- Trade City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Trade City is located in Indiana County
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- Sidney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sidney is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Rochester Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rochester Mills is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester Mills
- Urey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Urey is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urey
- Troutville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Troutville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Sykesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sprankle Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sprankle Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprankle Mills
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 Riker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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