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 Wills in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Wills. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Wills listed first.
- Silver Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Silver Lake is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Laurel Bloomery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Osborn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Osborn is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
- Grayson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grayson is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Little Doe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Little Doe is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Doe
- Vaughtsville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Vaughtsville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughtsville
- Roten
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roten is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roten
- Pandora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pandora is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Sutherland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sutherland is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
- Creston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fig
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fig is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fig
- Apple Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Apple Grove is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Doeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Doeville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doeville
- Zionville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Trade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Clifton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Comet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Comet is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Reese
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Reese is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese
- Dresden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dresden is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden
- Fishdam ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fishdam is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishdam
- Lansing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Holston Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Holston Valley is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holston Valley
- High Health ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- High Health is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
- Casper ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Casper is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casper
- Sweetwater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sweetwater is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Sturgills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sturgills is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgills
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 Wills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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