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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Asia had railroad service and no post office.
The following communities are listed based on their distance from Asia, with the one closest to Asia listed first.
- Corrigan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Carmona
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Carmona is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmona
- Moscow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Seven Oaks is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Colita
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colita is located in Polk County
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- Leggett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Barnum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Barnum is located in Polk County
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- Josserand
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Josserand is located in Trinity County
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- Hortense
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hortense is located in Polk County
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- Groveton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Apple Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Chester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Burke
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Burke is located in Angelina County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Livingston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Centralia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saron
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Saron is located in Trinity County
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- Homer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Homer is located in Angelina County
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- Lufkin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pennington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Point Blank
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keltys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Keltys is located in Angelina County
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- Goodrich
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Colmesneil
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hagerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hagerville is located in Houston County
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- Rockland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rockland is located in Tyler County
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- Clawson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Clawson is located in Angelina County
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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 Asia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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