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 Portsmouth in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Portsmouth. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Portsmouth listed first.
Portsmouth (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth South Portsmouth (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
South Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Portsmouth Bristol Ferry (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Bristol Ferry is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Ferry Tiverton Four Corners (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Tiverton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Tiverton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton Newport (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Newport is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Population from the 2020 Census: 24,412 people
Bristol (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol North Tiverton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
North Tiverton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tiverton Little Compton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Little Compton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Compton Adamsville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Adamsville is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville Jamestown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Hamilton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Hamilton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Central Village (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Central Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Village Westport (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Westport is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport Population from the 2020 Census: 16,097 people
Fall River (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Fall River is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River Population from the 2020 Census: 89,792 people
Brayton Point (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Brayton Point is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton Point South Swansea (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
South Swansea is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Swansea Bayside (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Bayside is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside Rocky Point (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Rocky Point is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point Potowomut (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Potowomut is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potowomut Belleville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Belleville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville Allenton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Allenton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton Nayatt (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Nayatt is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nayatt Westport Point (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Westport Point is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport Point South Westport (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
South Westport is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westport North Westport (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
North Westport is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westport Flint Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Flint Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Village River View (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
River View is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View Oakland Beach (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Oakland Beach is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Beach Buttonwoods (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Buttonwoods is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwoods Warren (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren East Greenwich (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
East Greenwich is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich Davisville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Davisville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davisville Wickford (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Wickford is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Lafayette (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Lafayette is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette
Off-the-Road Links ...
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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 Portsmouth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.