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 Thomas in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Thomas. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Thomas listed first.
- Grover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grover is located in Codington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Estimated population in 2014: 171 people
- Hayti
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kampeska
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Appleby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hazel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Castlewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Watertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vienna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Henry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Naples
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dempster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kranzburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bryant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bemis
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Estelline
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Goodwin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elrod
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Elrod is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
- Estimated population in 2014: 92 people
- Success ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Success is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
- Waverly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Erwin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Garden City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Altamont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Altamont is located in Deuel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Troy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Troy is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
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 Thomas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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