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>
Porters itself is historic and described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
The following communities are listed based on their distance from Porters, with the one closest to Porters listed first.
- India
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- India is also located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India
- Paris
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Springville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhorn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elkhorn is also located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Manleyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Manleyville is also located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manleyville
- Mount Vista ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Vista was located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vista
- Mansfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mansfield is also located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
- Whitlock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whitlock is also located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock
- Big Sandy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haglerville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Haglerville was located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haglerville
- Conyersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Conyersville is also located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyersville
- Osage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Osage is also located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
- Puryear
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Puryear is also located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puryear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Mixie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mixie is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixie
- Pace ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pace was located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace
- Carnsville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Carnsville was located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnsville
- Faxon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Faxon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Hazel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cottage Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Stribling ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stribling was located in Stewart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stribling
- New Providence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Providence is located in Calloway County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Como
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Como is also located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Danville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Danville was located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- New Concord
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- McKenzie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hollow Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lipe
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lipe is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipe
- Camden
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- McKinnon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- McKinnon is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinnon
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 Porters, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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