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 Polk in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Polk. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Polk listed first.
- Moffatt
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Moffatt is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffatt
- Troy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crockett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crockett is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
- Obion
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Obion is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Rives
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rives is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Mason Hall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mason Hall is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Hall
- Glass
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glass is located in Obion County
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- Trimble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Trimble is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Kenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kenton is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Mount Pelia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Pelia is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pelia
- Union City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Protemus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Protemus is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protemus
- Hornbeak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fremont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fremont is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Terrell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Terrell is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell
- Elbridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Elbridge is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Crystal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Crystal is located in Obion County
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- Woodland Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Woodland Mills is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Gardner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gardner is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Clayton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Harris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harris is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Yorkville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Yorkville is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Rutherford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jordan is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Samburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
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 Polk, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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